[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Here We Go Again...again!

[Brad Haslett]

Bill,

This got lost in the "look that way, it's Santa Claus!" Christmas cover -

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-blagojevich-nayakdec22,0,7892226.story

So someone else is warming-up his vocal cords - a millionaire doctor
who sought a CON in 2000 when state advisers said it wasn't necessary
but he got it anyway.  Who was the head of the IL Senate Health &
Human services in 2000? Care to guess how much campaign money was
donated (hint - it's public information).

Guess where the tax bill on the Obama house is mailed?  That's an easy
one, you already know the answer -

http://wnd.com/files/obamaproperty.pdf

Who is Micelli?  Why, it's Tony Rezko's lawyer.  Guess the law firm -
contains the name Miner.
Who pays the mortgage for Northern Trust, owner of record for the house?

On another note, Blago's defense is starting to look pretty crafty.
Fitz doesn't want The One's minions to testify at impeachment
hearings.  The Illinois House doesn't need evidence to vote for
impeachment.  The impeachment trial will take place in the Senate.
Blago will say, "how can I have a fair trial if I'm prohibited from
calling witnesses?"  There's a good chance an impeachment will have to
wait until after the criminal trial.  In the meantime, lot's of folks
will be asking for immunity.

Wonder how that safari is going for Tiny Dancer?

I'm going to work today so you're in charge of connecting the dots.  Have fun.

Brad

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
> Brad,
>
> "Now that Barack Obama will be moving to the White House, his seat in
> the U.S. Senate representing Illinois will have to be filled. That's one
> of Obama's first priorities today. He's meeting with Governor Rod
> Blagojevich this afternoon in Chicago to discuss it."
>
> Carol Sowers
> KHQA (Channel 7)
> Quincy, Illinois
> November 5, 2008
>
> "I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not - I
> was not aware of what was happening."
> BHO
> December 9, 2008
>
> This just in:
>
> December 27, 2008
>
>
>  US Atty Asks Panel Not to Subpoena Obama Aides
>
> By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
> *Filed at 3:23 p.m. ET*
>
> CHICAGO (AP) -- The Illinois House committee investigating a possible
> impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/rod_r_blagojevich/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> won't subpoena two incoming White House advisers, the committee
> chairwoman said Saturday, shutting down a request from the governor's
> attorney.
>
> In a letter received by the committee Friday, U.S. Attorney Patrick
> Fitzgerald
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/patrick_j_fitzgerald/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> asked the special investigative committee specifically to not subpoena
> President-elect Barack Obama
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> adviser Valerie Jarrett
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/valerie_jarrett/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
> incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/e/rahm_emanuel/index.html?inline=nyt-per>,
> U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/jesse_l_jackson/index.html?inline=nyt-per>
> Jr. and Nils Larsen, a Tribune Co.
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/tribune_company/index.html?inline=nyt-org>
> executive vice president.
>
> Fitzgerald said any such subpoenas ''would interfere with the ongoing
> criminal investigation into the activities of Governor Rod Blagojevich
> and others.''
>
> Blagojevich's attorney Ed Genson had asked the committee earlier in the
> week to issue the subpoenas.
>
> ''The ball is in Mr. Genson's court,'' committee chairwoman state Rep.
> Barbara Flynn Currie, a Chicago Democrat, told The Associated Press on
> Saturday. ''We're not interested in undercutting the U.S. Attorney's
> criminal investigation.''
>
> Genson did not immediately respond to a call requesting comment Saturday
> on the committee's decision.
>
> Blagojevich was arrested Dec. 9 on charges accusing him of scheming to
> swap Obama's vacant Senate seat for profit, shaking down a hospital
> executive for campaign donations and other wrongdoing.
>
> Genson has said testimony from Emanuel, Jarrett and Jackson would help
> prove the governor's claim that he didn't do anything wrong in his
> handling of Obama's Senate seat.
>
> Fitzgerald, however, said any testimony by Jarrett, Emanuel, Jackson or
> Larsen ''would overlap with the subject matter of the pending criminal
> investigation.''
>
> Larsen has been reported to be the Tribune financial adviser to whom
> Blagojevich instructed aides to talk about firing editorial writers in
> exchange for a grant to help sell Wrigley Field, home of the
> Tribune-owned Chicago Cubs.
>
> State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, the House committee's head, said
> Thursday that the panel received a letter from Genson asking members to
> subpoena Emanuel, Jarrett and more than a dozen others.
>
> On Dec. 22, Fitzgerald had sent the committee a letter asking members
> not to delve into the criminal charges against Blagojevich, saying
> interviewing current or former members of Blagojevich's staff might
> jeopardize his criminal investigation.
>
>
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