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murielm99

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9. Yes.

Reply to Ian Iam (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 06:20 PM

Jan 2013

Stratton and Small were acquitted. My dad swore that Stratton was a guilty as hell, and that someone else took the fall for him. There was a guy here named Powell, who was found to have shoeboxes of cash in his closet when he died. He took all sorts of bribes, but did not live high. He had a crappy old car. I don't remember his position, I will have to look it up. He may have been comptroller. Everyone in Illinois still jokes about his shoeboxes, though.

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(George Ryan, R) Former Illinois Governor Is Freed From Prison [View all] alp227 Jan 2013 OP

Other states' governors become murielm99 Jan 2013 #1

We have a new republican governor that I wish was already behind bars... loudsue Jan 2013 #2

Where do you live? n/t murielm99 Jan 2013 #4

North Carolina. loudsue Jan 2013 #7

Do you think NC is creeping right after decades as a purple state? alp227 Jan 2013 #12

NC is by nature conservative. But the Koch brothers are targeting states like this for loudsue Jan 2013 #17

NC is by nature populist, not conservative obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #21

I beg to differ. A state that has a republican house, republican senate, and republican governor loudsue Jan 2013 #26

Four of the last seven? Ian Iam Jan 2013 #6

Yes. murielm99 Jan 2013 #9

He was Secretary of State. Rincewind Jan 2013 #15

I looked up Powell. murielm99 Jan 2013 #10

And some buy their ways back into office and double dip... 47of74 Jan 2013 #16

I guess we can say prison is the Illinois version of a retirement home for our Governors. n/t davsand Jan 2013 #20

Now Don Seigelman needs to be set free. Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #3

+100! LiberalEsto Jan 2013 #5

And considering that no one in the current government is willing to look into it FiveGoodMen Jan 2013 #25

Amen to that! loudsue Jan 2013 #8

. . . and the prosecutors and judge put in his place Jack Rabbit Jan 2013 #11

Congratulations! amandabeech Jan 2013 #13

Quinn isn't a crook, just useless AngryAmish Jan 2013 #19

I recall hearing about the Madigans during some of the Blago madness. amandabeech Jan 2013 #22

No, he is irredeemably corrupt AngryAmish Jan 2013 #23

Thanks for the post. amandabeech Jan 2013 #27

In what way do you mean? murielm99 Jan 2013 #24

George Ryan timdog44 Jan 2013 #14

He put a mortatorium on the death penalty before he went to prison obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #18