| Monday, November 20, 2006 7:49 PM CST |
Blagojevich administration: 28 allegedly favored for jobs
By The Associated Press
The Blagojevich administration’s case against former personnel employees Dawn DeFraties and Michael Casey focuses on 28 state-job applicants who Blagojevich’s inspector general says got favorable treatment from the pair. Casey is accused of keeping a log of all “favored” candidates. Below are examples from an Associated Press analysis of the 28 cases, including names of candidates, the jobs they were seeking and the date, and what appear to be weak spots in the government’s case:
-- Ascaridis, Beverly, 56, Chicago, applied for Senior Public Service Administrator on 4/12/04: Resubmitted application doesn’t appear on Casey’s log, so it’s unclear how the government believes Casey or DeFraties knew about it or intervened improperly; never promoted to SPSA. News reports in September revealed that Ascaridis got her state job shortly after her husband, a lifelong Blagojevich friend, gave a $1,500 gift to one of the governor’s daughters.
--Brewer, Colm, 36, Springfield, PSA, 9/8/04: Did not get the job until his job duties were re-evaluated 10 months later, after DeFraties and Casey had left CMS.
--Clark, DeAnna, 38, Springfield, PSA, 9/23/04: Initial application marked “incomplete;” never got the job.
--Johnson, Etta, Administrative Assistant I and II, 4/13/04: Got “C” on new application for office aide, not a resubmitted application for administrative assistant, as claimed by the inspector general; never hired.
--Marlow, Beth, Child Welfare Specialist, 4/1/04: Resubmitted application does not appear on Casey’s log; never received a grade for a state job.
--Petty, Eugene, 31, Peoria, Industrial and Community Development Representative I, 3/1/04: Government claims his grade was changed from “B” to “A” for this position, but internal documents show it was always an “A.”
--Shupe, Gloria, 53, Ullin, PSA, 7/21/04: Got an “A” three weeks after initial rejection; approved by name in memo from governor’s office for a job supposedly protected from political influence.
Sources: Illinois Civil Service Commission filing, Illinois state comptroller, internal government documents.
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