Dec 17 2008
The Blagojevich Saga Continues
Our Illinois governor, Rod Blagojevich, is still governor of Illinois and the saga goes on. Governor Blagojevich is still attending to his duties of governor, as though nothing has happened. Maybe he thinks it will just go away. I don’t think so.
Blagojevich has hired a high powered attorney, Chicago attorney Ed Genson, to represent him and spent four hours with him on Sunday. He and his attorney still say that Blagojevich has done nothing wrong.
In the meantime, Illinois lawmakers initiated an impeachment panel. They decided not to set a special election to vote on who should fill the vacant senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama. They felt that it would cost too much for Illinois to do that. Some wanted the Lieutenant Governor to take office so he could decide who would take the seat. The lawmakers didn’t meet for very long today which angered several of them.
Obama is staying out of the whole ordeal by stating that he will just let the Illinois legislature argue whether a special election should be held. I’m sure he has more important things to do about the whole United States without having to worry about just Illinois right now.
The impeachment panel will meet again tomorrow, December 17, 2008, to allow Blagojevich to attend if he so wishes. He has declined but will be sending his attorney to the meeting.
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