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News of longtime House Speaker Michael Madigan’s decision to resign his state House seat percolated Thursday in the Southwest Side’s 22nd District where the powerful pol presided for half a century.
“Who hasn’t heard of Mike Madigan?” Gregory Hatchett, 55, of Country Club Hills, laughed while shopping at the Bedford Park Home Depot. “He’s just Mike. I liked him.
“But you knew something like this would happen eventually, just with the way he was with other politicians.”
Hatchett, like most others who spoke to the Chicago Sun-Times, said he only knew a handful of things about Madigan: He was connected to a recent scandal involving ComEd, he was powerful both feared and reviled and he had been a part of Illinois political life for as long as they could recall.
The Wayne County Health Department will hold a drive-through COVID vaccination clinic tomorrow. It is for all Phase 1B individuals, and the fairgrounds will again be used as a staging area. Officials will then direct them to the department at the appropriate time. The clinic is scheduled to run from 8:30 to 11 a.m., and it will again be a first-come, first-serve event with no reservations to be made. WCHD-COVID-Advisory-vaccination-clinic-for-1b-02-20-21
The Fairfield City Fire Department responded to a phone-in fire alarm at the old Airtex Shipping Building last night. The alarm was for moving water, and, once on scene, firemen discovered busted piped. They were on scene for 30 to 45 minutes and shut the water off before turning the situation over to the key holder.
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Spending $2 million in legal fees is surely something an innocent man would need to do, right?
==Spending $2 million in legal fees is surely something an innocent man would need to do, right?==
If you’re innocent and have the means - absolutely. If you’re guilty and have the means - absolutely.
I can’t believe it. In the photos from the Herald&Review (1st link) there’s a photo of MJM using a cell phone last year during session at the BOS. That’s a Pulitzer kind of shot.
==Spending $2 million in legal fees is surely something an innocent man would need to do, right? ==
Mike Madigan, a longtime IL House speaker and representative, announced his resignation Thursday after 50 years in the post. The resignation is effective today, Feb. 18.