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Time for Transparency
We’ve had quite a week here in Illinois.
The Governor’s scandal has caused a flurry of activity and made some people even question the mental health of Blagojevich. That’s pretty bad when people can’t think of anything else but mental …
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 …
Illinois is the 6th most corrupt state
So says the Corporate Crime Reporter, which added up all corruption convictions (over the past 10 years) in the 35 most populous states and devised a corruption rate for each.
They calculated that number by examining the Justice Department’s …
