Governor Blagojevich

Blagojevich defies taxpayers on health program by not turning over information requested under the FOIA laws.
This is what the Associated Press requested:

• The number of enrollees;
• The number of enrollees by county;
• The number of enrollees by month;
• The number of enrollees after Judge James R. Epstein’s original injunction on or about April 15, 2008;
• [...]

The Federal probe into Tony Rezko, is getting closer and closer to Governor Blagojevich.

Federal prosecutors have broadened their investigation of Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration, subpoenaing records of ties between his lobbyist friend and a hospital that got a favorable decision from a state board allegedly controlled by convicted influence peddler Antoin “Tony” Rezko.
The subpoena [...]

Governor Blagojevich is nolding back on restoring the cuts he made from the current budget until better revenue projections come in.

The Democratic governor is sitting on legislation to spare closing two dozen state attractions, laying off 323 workers and cutting drug-abuse treatment by tens of millions of dollars.
But what if the administration restores the [...]

Governor Blagojevich now has the lowest ratings ever recorded at 13%.
In the lowest ratings ever recorded for an elected politician in nearly three decades of Tribune polls, a new survey found few approving of the job Blagojevich is doing as governor and even fewer who want him re-elected. The results show the state’s first Democratic [...]

A report shows the wife of Governor Blagojevich has seen commission increases in revenue from a state contractor’s family business.
 
Between 2001 and 2004, developer Virgil Tiran listed dozens of condominiums with Patti Blagojevich’s company, River Realty, according to a story published Saturday in the Chicago Sun-Times. The firm earned $108,000 in commissions on those condominiums [...]

Governor Blagojevich is now proposing carpool lanes for toll roads. To do this he will borrow more money and raise more fees.
Eighty miles of Green Lanes will be instituted in the metropolitan region along I-88, I-355, I-90 and I-294. The cost is about $400 million.
Fixing the I-90 and I-290/Route 53 interchange and [...]