Chars Life and Times

As everyone probably already knows, our illustrious Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich, defied everyone and appointed Roland Burris to the open senate seat left by President-Elect Barack Obama. I feel that Burris is probably a very good and deserving person for this job, but Blagojevich had no right to do this. He’s been arrested on federal corruption charges and is still operating the governor’s office as if nothing is wrong. Blagojevich will not vacate the office of Illinois governor because he still says that he has done nothing wrong. 

The senate had previously asked Blagojevich to allow the job of the senate seat appointment to someone other than himself. By Blagojevich going ahead and appointing Burris, is like slapping the citizens of Illinois in the face. 

To make things even worse, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has filed a motion looking for a 90-day extension to return an indictment against the governor of Illinois. Normally, they only have 30 days to file an indictment; however, because a multitude of new witnesses have cropped up, they need more time. I wonder if that means that Governor Blagojevich will be spending even more time in office to make changes and appointments that he is not worthy of making.

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