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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/9/2008
Gov. to Zell: Reorganize newspaper’s editorial board | Clout Street - local political coverage
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Posted by Rick Pearson at 5:45 p.m. Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today he didn’t view it as surprising that Tribune Co. filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy code and said he believed one part of the reorganizing process should be to change the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board, which ...
newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/8/2008
Blagojevich: 'Nothing but sunshine hanging over me' | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Updated by Monique Garcia at 12:30 p.m. Gov. Rod Blagojevich responded today to the Chicago Tribune's report... that he has been recorded by federal investigators, saying people should "feel free" to tape him because everything he says is lawful. The ... (more) Blagojevich: 'Nothing but sunshine hanging over me' | ...
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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/4/2008
Durbin stands by free Ryan request despite opposition | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Monique Garcia at 2:15 p.m. Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin today stood behind his decision... to ask President George W. Bush to commute the federal corruption prison sentence of former Republican Illinois Gov. George Ryan to time served. ... (more) Durbin stands by free Ryan request despite opposition | ...

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newsblogs.chicagotribune.com - 12/4/2008
AG Madigan comes out against Ryan clemency | Clout Street - local political coverage
— newsblogs.chicagotribune.com — Posted by Monique Garcia at 4:45 p.m. Democratic Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan said today that she... does not agree with Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's decision to send a letter to President George W. Bush asking him to commute the federal ... (more) AG Madigan comes out against Ryan clemency | Clout ...

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Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  Governor Threatened To Withhold State Funds From Paper If It Didn’t Fire His Critics

Michael Calderone's Blog:  Blagojevich slammed Trib board yesterday

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Phil Bronstein: Nice work, Gov. Blagojevich. Really.

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Governor Threatened To Withhold State Funds From Paper If It Didn’t Fire His Critics
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich was charged Tuesday with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field, according to the federal criminal complaint. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper’s editorial board who had been critical of him fired. Chicago Tribune: Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today he didn’t view it as surprising that Tribune Co. filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy code and said he believed one part of the ...

Blagojevich slammed Trib board yesterday
Michael Calderone's Blog — Today, it was revealed that Gov. Rod Blagojevich pressured Tribune Co. ownership to fire members of the Tribune's editorial board, according to a federal complaint. So what was Blagojevich saying only yesterday as the Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy? From the Tribune's political blog : Gov. Rod Blagojevich said today he didn’t view it as surprising that Tribune Co. filed for protection under the federal bankruptcy code and said he believed one part of the reorganizing process should be to change the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board, which ...

Phil Bronstein: Nice work, Gov. Blagojevich. Really.
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... , held up kids' hospital funding waiting for some kickbacks and tried to gangplank journalists he didn't like through extortion, at least he didn't cheat on his wife ...

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