How effective is Patrick Fitzgerald in changing how business is done in Illinois Government? He not only is nailing terrorists, but he is keeping the clubby world of the Combine jumping. As I mentioned the other day, subpoenas have been issued to Ryan’s staff keeping them from destroying documents.
The importance of this is Ryan has kept Fawell on the payroll and given his estranged wife a paid position in state government. Additionally, it appears Jim Ryan jumped into the investigation without knowing it. When he began to push the Governor on a couple of real estate deals, the feds check in with him to see what his intentions were. The Trib’s Editorial page takes GRyan to task for his hypocrisy on the issue as well.
The good news is that on Monday, the taxpayers of Illinois will stop paying Scott Fawell’s salary. G-Rod’s spokesman said that may be the very first thing the new Governor will do.