Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Message of the Day - A Quote
"I don't want politics in the record unless we can't tell the story without them," (Judge Rebecca) Pallmeyer said last week before the trial broke for Thanksgiving.
Associated Press reporting what the Federal judge in the George Ryan case said.
The quote was contained in Mike Robinson's Monday's article about how the judge did not want to allow testimony of how Ryan courted the votes of gays and lesbians, but did not want any expenditures to show up on his campaign finance reports.
The Judge previously refused to allow testimony about how Ryan provided "little work jobs" to former State Representatives Roger Stanley (R-Streamwood) and Ted Lechowicz (D-Chicago) in order to increase their pensions.
Stanley was released from jail in August for charges unrelated to the pension arrangement.
If this trial is not about the way politics works in Illinois, what is it about?
Associated Press reporting what the Federal judge in the George Ryan case said.
The quote was contained in Mike Robinson's Monday's article about how the judge did not want to allow testimony of how Ryan courted the votes of gays and lesbians, but did not want any expenditures to show up on his campaign finance reports.
The Judge previously refused to allow testimony about how Ryan provided "little work jobs" to former State Representatives Roger Stanley (R-Streamwood) and Ted Lechowicz (D-Chicago) in order to increase their pensions.
Stanley was released from jail in August for charges unrelated to the pension arrangement.
If this trial is not about the way politics works in Illinois, what is it about?
