Impeachment Hearing Begins

This will be a busy and interesting week in Springfield as the Illinois State Senate convenes the long awaited Impeachment Trial for our illustrious Governor Rod Blagojevich. I am sure that the proceedings will not be as interesting as the media blitz provided by Governor Blagojevich as he saturates the country with stories of his personal persecution by the Illinois General Assembly, all of the wonderful things has has done for the citizens of Illinois and how loyal citizens are being deprived of his leadership. I find it ironic for a man who has blatantly and consistently ignored rules and procedures such as JCAR, legislative authority and expanded executive authority with no statutory support for the past six years is now complaining about the lack of due process and rules for this legislative impeachment process. Nevertheless, I hope the trial moves quickly and he is sent home and banned from further participation in state government as soon as possible so that the General Assembly can move ahead and begin to deal with the crisis at hand. State government has come to a halt while the Governor jogs around Chicago proclaiming his “poor me” story.

Lets hope that this is behind us quickly so that we can begin to work our way out of the mess the Governor has left us. The proceedings will be covered extensively by all media outlets so you will no problem following the progress of the impeachment this week. Stay tuned!