· The US Attorney for southern Illinois found himself under intense fire from Chicago federal prosecutors yesterday.
· Gov. Blagojevich’s office accused of trading state funds for votes.
· Check out stories about Gov. Blagojevich’s new TV ad and the campaign kickoff here, here, here and here.
· General Assembly cuts judges, candidates sue.
· Cell phone antenna called “butt-ugly.”
· Daley family in-law pleads guilty.
· Chicago wants wi-fi.
· Downstate hospital snared in Medicare probe.
· More later.
· Gidwitz family selling Picasso painting. Auction could bring in $50 million.
· OneMan, as always, is asking the right question.
· News haikus.
· Racism becoming an issue in pork plant battle.
· Conservative explains why he opposes guv’s preschool plan, and has an interesting little mention about $7500 that Blagojevich paid to an Iowa political operative last year.
· Hyde Park blogger calls the guv’s PowerPoint presentation a “bold experiment.”
· UPDATE: And I’m still looking for a new name for this feature.
· The governor has just released the schedule for his announcement fly-around:
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19th
Springfield - 10:30am
Lincoln Park Pavilions Pre-School
1601 N. 5th St.
Marion - 1pm
Marion Civic Center
800 Tower Square Plaza
Chicago - 4:45 pm
Alivio Medical Center
966 W. 21st St.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20th
Rockford - 9:30am
Rockford Airport
Rock Island - 11am
Rock Island Airport
Quincy - 1pm
Quincy Airport
Metro East - 2:30pm
Cahokia Airport
Peoria - 4:30pm
Peoria Airport