The Case Of The Missing Rat Sign
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that someone has been removing rat warning signs. Or at least one of them. The signs are posted by the city of Chicago after rat poison has been laid in an area. The signs have text that starts out: “Warning – Target Rats”. These are safety measures in case kids or pets get into the rat bait. But a Sun-Times photographer happened to get a picture of Rod Blagojevich ducking out the side door of his home to avoid the press. In the frame was that “Warning – Target Rats” picture.
The next day, the sign was gone.
The photo showed Blagojevich next to a city sign that said, “Warning” and “Target Rats” with a picture of a rat inside a bull’s-eye.
Friday morning, Blagojevich left his house by the same back door, but there was something missing. The rat sign had been taken down, even though it was posted in a city-owned alley.
The Daley administration suspects the obvious: that the governor or somebody close to him saw White’s unflattering picture and yanked down the sign.
Amusing. But the Sun-Times also reports that Blagojevich may decide as early as Monday whether to resign or not.
Gov. Blagojevich will decide early next week — perhaps as early as Monday — whether he should resign, a source close to the governor told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Given Roddy’s history on this sort of thing, wouldn’t you think he’s auctioning his resignation off to the highest bidder? Who would that be?
If he promptly resigns and the criminal case against him suddenly collapses shortly thereafter, we can expect rampant speculation.
By crosspatch, December 13, 2008 @ 6:27 pm
The Illinois AG is trying very hard to get Blag declared “unfit” so there doesn’t have to be an impeachment trial. Her father is Speaker of the State of Illinois House. There seems to be some worry that if Blag is put on trial, he will expose dirty deeds done by other politicians (if you take me down, I will take others with me approach).
So there seems to be this panic to avoid impeachment at all costs as it could cause a rather long row of dominoes to come crashing down.
By Mwalimu Daudi, December 13, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
Are you sure that the stolen signs were not the work of the Animal Uprising(TM)? After all, in the Obamanation dissent is no longer the highest form of patriotism.