...Obama selected outgoing Illinois U.S. Rep. Ray LaHood (R-Combine) for the post of secretary of transportation, putting LaHood in charge of Obama’s planned trillion-dollar public works bonanza being sold as a jobs bill.
...What Obama forgot to mention is that with LaHood in charge of the roads, they’ll lead to one place:
Bill Cellini.
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A federal grand jury today indicted longtime Republican power broker William Cellini in the Operation Board Games investigation of corruption in state government.
In an attempt to gather all pertinant information on one thread, I’ve “stolen” your post. It’s the Chicago Way!
Valerie was Michelle’s boss back in the day. She knows where the bodies are buried.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/us/politics/24jarrett.html?_r=1&pagewanted=1
When you’re crossing a swamp as deep and wide as Chicago, it helps to have a navigator. Of course, a case could be made that VJ was the one who invited the Obamas into the swamp in the first place.
Whatever VJ’s role may have been, it’s clear that at this juncture, it “wouldn’t be prudent” to abandon this mentor and give her a reason to start airing her beefs on deep background with reporters like John Kass.
11 posted on Monday, December 22, 2008 5:03:52 PM by DrC