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" Sigh, can you be more specific? What taxes has he raised? Period. Republicans repeat lies so much they don't know what is truth anymore. All of them put party loyalty ahead of what is good for the country. Proof of that is the TrainWreck in The White House. In my post I was specific. He hasn't raised your taxes. He did increase the fees for late purchase of license plates. That's not a tax increase. In exchange for the slight tax increase in The Chicago Area only, Seniors get free mass transit statewide. I personally am not charmed by Rod, but he is better than the last 2 Republican Governors, who BTW raised taxes a lot. Edgar increased the income tax by 33%, first as a temporary measure, then he made it permanent. So get off that shaky soapbox. If you are not spicific, you are either making it up, or repeating party lies. "

" re "Greed" If by good governor you mean that he has:
1) He has raised taxes by raising fees on businesses. The ones that stay in this state pass the increases on to you, the consumer, and others just leave. Strangely, this has decreased tax revenue.

2) Made Illinois one of the only states in the Union with a budget in the red for several years in a row.

3) Actually increased government spending despite having a negative budget and then paid for it by stealing the retirement money for state employees.

4) Has made a mockery of the whole state government (which is mostly his own party) by ignoring laws they pass and passing his own ad hoc laws.

Then I suppose you would be correct and those are only off the top of my head, there is more.

Oh and he will be brought up on federal charges at some point for at least one of the shady things he has been indicated in. "

" Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Obama. "Senator Obama supports the very best of these Democratic values; they are values that he and I share, values I know he will fight for." "

" I certainly hope that the IOC (International Olympic Committee) is not watching. Blagowjevich and the democratic party are about to destroy any chance that the State of Illinois will recieve an Olympic bid. This will cost Chicago and Illinois Billions of dollars in expected revenue. The Federal funding alone would revamp the entire Chicago Transit System as well as fund the rebuilding and new construction of Olympic quality venues. Blagowjevich and the democratic party are not acting in the best interest of the State of Illinois with thier political posturing. Closing services and state resources while claiming we are broke is irresponsible to say the least. "

" I don't think it's a necessarily a ploy to get a tax hike, it's Blagojevich wanting to force legislators to accept his off-the-wall funding proposals, like expanded gaming and leasing the lottery. That being said, obviously the budget mess isn't going to be solved anytime soon, at least not until 2011 by the looks of things. However, responsible legislators have to step up and there has to be a comprehensive review of the budget. That means reprioritizing where the funds go, and not taking any revenue idea off the table too hastely. Maybe a minimal admission fee is a good idea. Considering 3% is the lowest flat tax rate in the country, perhaps a slight income tax increase isn't the end of the world. Edgar took heat for making it permanent, but look at how he ended office. We are in this mess for a multiude of reasons, not least of which is because of out-of-whack priorities and lack of common sense on the part of Blagojevich and the Democratic leadership. "

" Despite all the sniping from the uninformed, Rod has been a good governor. Better than Ryan, Edgar, Thompson, and Ogilvie. He didn't raise my taxes. What the article didn't mention was that the tax increase for mass transit was a .25 cent sales tax increase for Cook and the collar counties only, and a $3 increase in RE transfer tax IN CHICAGO ONLY. No tax increase for downstate. What is the matter with you Republicans? You should love this guy. He hasn’t raised taxes in almost 6 years. If he belonged to The Republican Party, you would be slobbering all over him. "

" Is he still in office??? I thought he was gone, or should be gone. When is his term over??? Not soon enough as far as I'm concerned. He and Bush will go down in history as two of the worst politicians and rightfully so. I thought they were going to impeach him? Another dream. "

" Can anyone show me the list of places and parks being closed in the chicago area. "