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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan Released From Prison

Ryan was sent to a halfway house early Wednesday morning, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Updated at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30. Just hours after his release from prison, former Gov. George Ryan, 79, was released from a halfway house and sent to his home in Kankakee, the Chicago Tribune reports. Ryan is under house arrest but reportedly will not have to wear an electric monitor. He was allowed to bypass the halfway house due to his age, according to his attorney, former Gov. Jim Thompson. Original story: Written by Morgan Delack Illinois residents can no longer say there are two former governors in prison. George Ryan arrived at a halfway house on Chicago’s west side early Wednesday morning after being released from an Indiana federal prison, the Chicago Tribune reports. WMAQ-TV reports Ryan was silent and dressed in a suit and tie as …

roger hawrylicz

12:00 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013

as long as we subsidize the birth of welfare children who are sure to be future democrats we will always have to put up with this mess we are in. We cant march against the current system to the white house or stage protests because we all have jobs to go to so we can make money to pay the higher taxes required to pay the hospital bills and expanded classrooms with bilingual teachers for all the …   more ›

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Blago Gets 14 Years -- Take Our Poll

Despite Rod Blagojevich's final admission of guilt and his wife's plea for leniency, the judge gave him a stiff sentence. Was it too much?

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison today, a term that was more than double the 6.5 years former Gov. George Ryan is currently serving. In handing down the sentence, the judge explained his sentence by saying, "When it is the governor who goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn and disfigured and not easily repaired," according to a story published in the Chicago Tribune. Do you agree? Take our poll below and feel free to leave a comment in the box below offering your thoughts on the sentence.

Butch

8:52 am on Thursday, December 8, 2011

Ok, now that we got this done. When are we going to get the biggest crook of all. Michael Madigan?   more ›

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