Blago’s Arrest — Need More Convincing for Transparency?
In case there weren’t enough alarms ringing already, the arrest of Governor Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris sounds another (HUGE) alarm for Illinois to implement transparency.
Will this be the tipping point?
Will our elected officials take a stand?
Robert Grant, FBI special agent in charge of the Chicago office, just said “If it [Illinois] isn’t the most corrupt state in the United States, it’s certainly one hell of a competitor. Even the most cynical agents in our office were shocked.”
What happens now?
Transparency would help inject direly needed sunshine into government spending and shine a light on the pay-to-play politics, corruption, and insider deals swallowing up our state. After this monumental arrest, how can elected officials say no to implementing transparency?
It’s the first step to cleaning up Illinois and weeding out the corruption killing our state and driving families and businesses into poverty or out of Illinois.
[...] Campaigne asks from the Illinois Policy Institute’s Open Illinois blog, “Transparency would help inject direly needed sunshine into government spending and shine a [...]