Saturday, September 08, 2007

Blagojevich and Madigan: Bad Newz Kennels

AP via CBS,

(AP) SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich has sent letters to every school district superintendent in Illinois blaming House Speaker Michael Madigan for a delay in an education funding increase.

The governor's letter, sent Friday, lambastes fellow Democrat Madigan, saying $554 million for schools can't be distributed without a budget implementation bill.
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"I think the dog fight between the governor and the speaker is something I don't need to be pushed into," said Normal-based Unit 5 Superintendent Gary Niehaus after hearing about the letters.
...don't need to get pushed into.. no kidding.

Goes for all of us in Illinois. Illinois deserves better than getting pushed into a dog fight,
NFL star Michael Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on charges of sponsoring a dogfighting operation so grisly the losers either died in the pit or sometimes were electrocuted, drowned, hanged or shot.
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The operation was named "Bad Newz Kennels,"....

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