Apparently Scott Fawell wasn’t the only one to put the clout list to electronic format.
Rich has the basics on the whole story, but the big issue is that someone was flouting civil service rules for some of the jobs and that is where it becomes a big issue. Not surprisingly, Kelly and Rezko show up in the stories.
Worst of all is the use of counsel to follow the investigations. It smells. Bad. It doesn’t mean automatically that this is George Ryan II, but it certainly does a great job of suggesting to the press that it is, in fact, GR II. Even if true, it isn’t GRII, it’s more like Ernie Fletcher and we see how that ended.
If the Administration let Gianulis and on down run away with the hiring bus, then throw them under it. That’s the good result of all of this.