Posted on 08/27/2009 8:50:09 AM PDT by fiscon1
After threatening for weeks to fire two University of Illinois trustees who refused to resign, Gov. Pat Quinn reversed course Wednesday and said he would keep them on the troubled board
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From the comment section. The reason why he backed down:
Well, Quinn can’t very well fire the final two Board members: they are Black and there are different rules. But putting a Kennedy on the Board is hardly the way to insulate the university from inappropriate, clout-driven admissions policies. One doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Patricio43 (08/27/2009, 10:30 AM )
I didn’t know they were black. If that’s true, then that makes sense.
Move along folks, nothing to see here. Business as usual in Illinois.
And hey, you Downstaters, just shut up, grow your corn, build your Cat bulldozers, and don’t ask any questions of the Windy City machine-mafia!!
Missing from the article for some reason/sarc
All good libs anyway.
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