Open Thread (11/20/2008)

Posted November 20th, 2008 at 08:49 AM by IlliniPundit
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On November 20th, 2008 at 11:59 AM, Frustrated Observer said:

Has anyone seen any data on where the money has been going in this state since Blago took office? I know he inherited a state in less than stellar condition from Ryan. What I don't know is whether more money has been spent than under Ryan, where that money was spent geographically, how much tax money has been collected in comparison to Ryan, etc. I'm thinking of a state map with the expenditures shown in color, maybe by county, as well as where the tax money is collected.

We keep hearing how the state is broke but I sure don't see many statistics identifying the history of taxing and spending as we hurtle towards the ultimate finacial stimulus - an income tax increase.

On November 20th, 2008 at 01:17 PM, pattsi said:

The following has no political content--just a heads up--if you have a credit card issued by the UIUC ECU be aware that there has been a great deal of fraud. I had been told about this and then lo and behold my card was blocked due to suspicion of fraud. It turned out the credit card company was correct and I had not even lost my card. Ingenuity seems to go a long way these days.  :-)

Pattsi Petrie

On November 20th, 2008 at 01:28 PM, wayward said:

Has anyone seen any data on where the money has been going in this state since Blago took office?

Funny, it seems like the feds have been wondering the same thing.

On November 20th, 2008 at 06:45 PM, Ish1925 said:

seems we will get a chance to see the federal supeonas of the Blago administration courtsey of the 4th District Court of Appeals.

 

http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1290927,blagojevich-federal-subpoenas-112008.article

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On November 20th, 2008 at 07:27 PM, mjerryfuerst said:

Will Blago be in jail before the shopping center on the on NW corner of University and Cunningham in Urbana gets built ?

Michael Fuerst             

(Click here for Urbana postage stamps, T-shirts and bumper stickers.)

On November 20th, 2008 at 07:30 PM, wayward said:

There are now photos from Life Magazine dating back to the 1860s on Google:

http://images.google.com/hosted/life

On November 20th, 2008 at 08:00 PM, Anonymous (not verified) said:

 

There's no such thing as a free lunch.  But on Sunday you can get a coupon for a free Dr Pepper to go with it.  In the current economy, anything helps!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27829616/

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On November 20th, 2008 at 10:23 PM, IlliniPundit said:

"There are now photos from Life Magazine dating back to the 1860s on Google:

http://images.google.com/hosted/life"

They're mesmerizing.