A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
Also, let’s be honest, IL republicans say this wouldn’t help. Then again, how much worse can things get for IL Republicans? They have super-minorities in the legislature and hold zero statewide offices. How much worse could it get if Blago were freed?
And as Bob pointed out below, if Rod has any dirt on Madigan, he’d have significant personal interest in spilling it to the feds.
If Blago runs against Pritzker next election, I bet Blago wins. It’s not that anyone likes Blago, it’s just that Pritzker will be so unpopular as Illinois deteriorates the next few years.
If that happens I’ll commute my vote for Trump, because this will prove Orange Julius is as much a RINO as Rauner is.
Ah let’s just see, there’s a lot of talk. 14 years is not proportional to his crimes. His real crime was messing with Obama’s seat. He didn’t personally profit from any of this. he’s been in there 7 years.
The judge said he was giving a harsh sentence to deter future politicians (which obviously did not work). Doesn’t seem fair to punish Blago for reasons other than his crimes – punishing him to deter other politicians is a not real reason.
Wouldn’t it be fun if ole Rod will be or has been helping the Feds worm their way into the Madigan Cartel ? If I were in his shoes thats exactly what I would be doing