http://www.newgeography.com/category/blog-topics/illinios The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.newgeography.com/content/002726-historic-day-corruption-history-two-governors-from-same-state-jail-same-time <p>Today, history will be made. Rod Blagojevich is going to <a href="http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&amp;needingMoreList=false&amp;FirstName=Rod&amp;Middle=&amp;LastName=Blagojevich&amp;Race=W&amp;Sex=M&amp;Age=&amp;x=77&amp;y=21">jail</a> in Littleton, Colorado. Blagojevich will join his predecessor Governor George Ryan who’s in <a href="http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&amp;needingMoreList=false&amp;FirstName=George&amp;Middle=&amp;LastName=Ryan&amp;Race=W&amp;Sex=M&amp;Age=&amp;x=58&amp;y=10">prison</a> in Terre Haute, Indiana. America’s fifth largest state will now have two back-to-back Governors in federal prison at the same time. What other state in America can say that? Both Illinois Governors were convicted of major felonies. Have Illinois voters turned the corner on supporting corrupt politicians? It appears not. Recently, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald has been busy. Long time Chicago Machine boss William Beavers was <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-23/news/ct-met-beavers-indicted-20120224_1_tax-fraud-charges-federal-taxes-campaign-funds">indicted</a> on tax fraud. Tuesday, Illinois State Rep. Derrick Smith was arrested on a federal bribery charge.</p> <p>Here's a report from WLS-TV:</p> <p><object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&amp;station=wls&amp;section=&amp;mediaId=8579917&amp;cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&amp;webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&amp;configPath=/util/&amp;site=" ></param> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&amp;station=wls&amp;section=&amp;mediaId=8579917&amp;cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&amp;webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&amp;configPath=/util/&amp;site="></embed></object></p> http://www.newgeography.com/content/002726-historic-day-corruption-history-two-governors-from-same-state-jail-same-time#comments Blagojevich Chicago corruption Illinios Politics Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:06:54 -0400 2726 at http://www.newgeography.com