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So, the message is Madigan was right?

Posted by JP on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 21:41

In early July, House Speaker Michael Madigan said this about gambling expansion: "Given the conditions that exist here in Springfield, I think that the proposed expansion of gaming is a dead issue."

To which Gov. Rod Blagojevich told the Springfield State Journal-Register that it was "mind-boggling" that Madigan would use his "resourcefulness and cleverness" to defeat a construction spending plan that relied on gambling for financing.

But on Thursday, the governor offered up a new plan that contains none of the new casinos he'd fought so bitterly for just a few weeks ago.

See, the spirit of negotiation is alive and well in Illinois government. Another century or two and we'll get that construction plan approved.