Have you wondered, as The Swami has, how the government that runs Illinois has devolved into a frat party food fight? Has the gov got a screw loose? Was Illinois always operated like it was the Chicago Outfit, except less rationally, or is this a new phenomenon? We have no perfect proof but we know people who do. Let’s go meet them …
The Beachwoodreporter.com blog is the most consistently interesting commentator on the weird world of Chicago politics, media culture and public ethics, such as they are. . .
Here’s one of their missives to whet and wet your whistle.
Blago's Alternate Universe
The Beachwood Alternate Universe Affairs Desk
Paul Vallas is now the superintendent of New Orleans' Recovery School District.
Which got us to wondering: If Vallas had won the Illinois Democratic nomination for governor in 2002 and had gone on to become governor instead of Rod Blagojevich, what do you suppose Rod would be doing right now?
1. Screwing up a three-car funeral.
2. Running FEMA.
3. Subprime lender.
4. Heckling Jacque Jones from the right field bleachers at Wrigley.
5. Two words: Elvis impersonator. Two more: Carson City.
6. Driver and "body man" for Barack Obama.
7. Mowing Dick Mell's lawn.
8. Ho-Chunk blackjack dealer.
9. Mismanaging one of Tony Rezko's apartment buildings.
10. Divorced, unemployed and applying for state-subsidized health insurance.
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