Blagojevich office tracked state job sponsors and appointees
Springfield officials say the governor’s office kept records of who recommended applicants for state jobs, including insiders and relatives. The list, partially verified by The Associated Press, shows 265 hires after Blagojevich took office and raises questions about merit versus political influence amid ongoing probes. Alderman Richard Mell acknowledged recommending some names but claimed other entries were inaccurate.
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Rod Blagojevich
Abby Ottenhoff
Blagojevich
Associated Press
Chicago
Richard Mell
Toll Highway Authority
Governor’s Office
Departments of Children and Family Services, Transportation and Corrections
Mell
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Blagojevich hirings list includes many named candidates
The compiled AP list names numerous applicants for Illinois state posts under Governor Blagojevich. Entries reveal candidate names, proposed titles, agencies, and recommenders such as M Rumman, Gov, Lipinski, and Emanuel, with roles spanning Transportation, Public Health, Corrections, Commerce and Economic Opportunities, Toll Highway Authority, Revenue, and more.
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Associated Press
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Central Management Services
M Rumman
Joseph Curtin
Ald Burke
Dawn
J Gianulis
Daniel Stefanski
Charles Jackson
Cheryle Jackson
Glen Jackson
Lincoln Prison
Corrections
Emil Jones
Jan Kostner
Colleen Carr
Lipinski
Jordan Smith
E Smith
Andrew Jascula
Toll Highway Authority
Jack Hartman
Public Aid
Illinois bans protests at funerals amid Illinois Let Them Rest in Peace Act
Governor Blagojevich signs the Let Them Rest in Peace Act to bar protests within 200 feet of funerals in Illinois. The law targets disruptive picketing near services and imposes penalties up to 30 days in jail for first offenses and up to three years and 25000 dollars for repeats.
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Springfield
Illinois
Rod Blagojevich
Blagojevich
Kansas
Illinois Senate
Pat Quinn
Illinois spends big on stalled Mississippi River bridge proposal
Illinois Department of Transportation has spent eighty million dollars on engineering studies land bays and railroad track relocation for a proposed Mississippi River bridge project as wrangling over funding continues. The plan to realign Interstates 64 and 70 for a nine hundred ten million dollar bridge faces a six hundred thirty million dollar funding gap with federal two hundred thirty nine million earmarked and state and regional partners still seeking sources. Governor Blagojevich has asked for forty one million dollars in the capital plan to back the project.
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East ST. Louis
Illinois
Department of Transportation
IDOT
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Lamie
Belleville News- Democrat
Missouri
Rod Blagojevich
Witness details city staff mobilization for Gore Daley Madigan
Chicago witness Mary Jo Falcon testified that Daley administration patronage workers canvassed precincts in 1999 to mobilize votes for Al Gore Lisa Madigan Rahm Emanuel and Daley. The Asian American volunteers led door knocking phone canvassing and literature distribution to persuade voters to back the Democratic slate.
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Chicago
Richard M. Daley
al Gore
Lisa Madigan
Rahm Emanuel
Daley
Mary Jo Falcon
Robert Sorich
Falcon
North Side
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Elgin pastor charged after teen beatings in counseling
A 13-year-old girl testified that a pastor at First Missionary Baptist Church beat her during counseling after she disclosed sexual abuse. Police say Rev. Daryl Bujak struck the girl with a wood molding, leaving bruises. the mother’s approval prompted confusion about wrong and right. The Rev. Bujak faces a misdemeanor battery charge. In Marengo, investigators tied Jose Manuel Aldava-Grisaldo to the murder of 83-year-old Verna Corcoran, found dead at her home after a home invasion. police cited personal items linking him to the scene before his death.
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Elgin) Courier-News
Daryl Bujak
First Missionary Baptist Church
Marengo
Les Kottke
Jose Manuel Aldava
Grisaldo
Verna Corcoran
Corcoran
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