online.wsj.com - 12/29/2008
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President-elect Obama helped enact an Illinois good-government reform measure in 2003 that appeared to inadvertently have aided Gov. Blagojevich in an alleged corruption scheme.
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... A law intended to reform Illinois' Health Facilities Planning Board may have inadvertently helped Governor Rod Blagojevich in his alleged scheme to extract donations from businesspeople of that state. A law meant to shrink the size of a board intended to approve future projects may have allowed the governor to fill the board with appointees friendly to him, thus enabling him to collect donations from those seeking state approval for projects. (Wall Street Journal) ...
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