Hamster Wheel of the Day

Now that Rod Blagojevich is no longer the governor of Illinois (cheers and applause), I wonder how long it will take crews to replace his name over all of the Open Road Tolling booths that pepper the many miles of Illinois tollways?

On a related note, I am glad that the capital of Illinois will move back to Springfield, rather than Chicago's 33rd Ward (where Blagojevich and his father-in-law, Alderman Richard Mell, presently reside). I still cannot believe that taxpayer money went to the upkeep of the Governor's Mansion that sat empty for six years; Blagojevich never moved to Springfield because his wife did not want to leave Chicago.

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