Monday, March 17, 2008

Ex-Gov. George Ryan Skipped Over Tony Rezko; Appointed Ex-Sen. Marovitz to Hospital Board

(Springfield, IL) -- The AP's JOHN O'CONNOR unearthed the scoop that former GOP Governor JIM EDGAR nominated TONY REZKO to sit on Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in 1998, but the Senate declined to confirm him, deferring to the incoming GEORGE RYAN.

Despite the Edgar nugget, the more fascinating revelation in O'Connor's story was that now former and imprisoned Republican Gov. Ryan skipped over Rezko. George Ryan. Ryan appointed former state Sen. BILL MAROVITZ (D-Chicago) to the Board seat in April 1999. Marovitz served until in June 2003.

And, from the Department of Extreme Irony, it was Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH's "reform and renewal" policy--in reaction to corruption of the Ryan era--that finally seated Rezko on the hospital board. There ya go.

David Ormsby
Your Two Cents Less

3 comments:

Extreme Wisdom 4:08 PM  

Edgar belongs right up there with all of the rest of the Republican Patronage hacks.

The Democrat Republican divide is not about ideology, but access.

It is a revolving door of insider/outsider hacks, with precious little governing "talent" to choose from.

Illinois needs new blood, and the only way to get that is a Constitutional Convention.

Vote 'Yes' for Illinois

Anonymous,  1:17 AM  

Look into Billy Marovitz. He almost was convicted before on an indictment.
The problem is not, or at least not just, Rezko, but the Hospital Boards which were kinky before Blago (and Blago is no good) but the Blago badness is not that much different than George Ryan or (gasp) Jim Edgar.

Anonymous,  6:00 PM  

David raises a good point...apparently before Stu was "corrupted" by TR he made many large, voluntary donations to:
Levine, Stuart P
420 N Wabash Av #400
Chicago, IL 60611 $1,500.00
11/10/1995 Individual Contribution
Citizens for Jim Edgar
Levine, Stuart P
875 N Michigan Av
Chicago, IL 60611 $2,500.00
5/8/1997 Individual Contribution
Republican State Senate Campaign Committee
Levine, Stuart P
875 N Michigan Av Ste 2930
Chicago, IL 60611 $5,000.00
6/30/1997 Individual Contribution
Citizens for Jim Edgar

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