Another Illinois Politician Bites the Dust

[hpmaster]

What's with you Illinois folks are you all corrupt or you just like to elect crooks?


http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...ns-116153.html

[Highside Hustler25]

Are their any politicians out there that are NOT crooks? We definitely have a bad track record here in Illinois but this kind of cr@p goes on in every State. Their is not a politician one who has not done something illegal during their term in office.

[CIRF]

Aaron Schock is a bit of an anomaly in the history of crooked Illinois politicians. He's not from chitcago which is usually the prime criteria for law breaking elected officials.

Schock has been heading towards his ultimate demise almost since he was first elected so no one is all that surprised at his resignation. What is surprising that Schock gave up the ghost as quickly as he did. It's been just 6 weeks since Schock came under scrutiny. Most in Illinois figured he'd at least go down kicking and swinging. That makes one wonder if the other shoe will drop in the form of criminal prosecution.

One thing is for sure, there aren't many who feel the least twinge of empathy for Aaron Schock.

[dirtrace09]

Absolute power corrupts absolutely!!! Any one in a position of power is corruptable/corrupt. It is just a matter of how well they hide it.

[RACEMAN]

One of the founding fathers (I forget which) said democracy was the worst form of government but was better then what was available.

The system can work but it takes some responsible politicians to have the courage to stand up to big money and the Koch Bros. and make the changes necessary.

[Nasty55]

Are their any politicians out there that are NOT crooks? We definitely have a bad track record here in Illinois but this kind of cr@p goes on in every State. Their is not a politician one who has not done something illegal during their term in office.

Absolute truth!!!

[Captain Happy]

Illinois isn't any more crooked then another State. We just don't turn our heads on these scumbags, and their wrong doings... we bust their ass's!!

[Nasty55]

What's with you Illinois folks are you all corrupt or you just like to elect crooks?


http://www.politico.com/story/2015/0...ns-116153.html

Dam he screwed the pooch on this one didnt he? Lol... trying to get 90,000 more miles out of them than what was even on the vehicle wow what a shocker for an illinois politician...

[Nasty55]

Illinois isn't any more crooked then another State. We just don't turn our heads on these scumbags, and their wrong doings... we bust their ass's!!

I see that lol .... Whats even worse though Captain is that he just made things that much harder on the folks of illinois dont ya think?

[Captain Happy]

I see that lol ....

Right, you see it Nasty. We don't know who's going to get stupid until they get caught doing it, and Illinois will simple not put up with it. Other States should do the same...

[Nasty55]

Right, you see it Nasty. We don't know who's going to get stupid until they get caught doing it, and Illinois will simple not put up with it. Other States should do the same...

I dont understand these politicians they should know that eventually they will get caught up in some bs and get into trouble... and with him doing it on a vehicle that has documented mileage and he did it anyway just blows my mind.

[Barbecueboy]

Illinois isn't any more crooked then another State. We just don't turn our heads on these scumbags, and their wrong doings... we bust their ass's!!

Outstanding post captain...............

Can you fine folks in the land of Lincoln figure out a way to bust some bodies ass in Washington, D.C.????

America would salute you!!!

[CIRF]

Right, you see it Nasty. We don't know who's going to get stupid until they get caught doing it, and Illinois will simple not put up with it. Other States should do the same...

Let me make sure I got this right. Illinois has less criminal activity perpetrated by public officials because they are robustly prosecuted? This zealous prosecution of Illinois' crooked politicians has missed more than a few of the criminal element. Two of the biggest were long time mayors of chitcago both with the last name of Daley. They were always able to have plausible deniability due to the henchmen they had on their payroll making sure nothing dirty ever got too close to either one of them

We had an esteemed Secretary of State here in Illinois by the name of Paul Powell that had in his possession at the time of his death $800,000.00 IN CASH in his Springfield hotel room residence. His estate was worth over $4.5 million dollars in racetrack stock in spite of the fact his highest salary as an Illinois public servant was $30,000.00. The FBI did an investigation after Powell passed away that revealed that Powell had long been accepting bribes for noncompetitive construction contracts.

Ever heard of "Big Bill" Thompson? He was the mayor of chitcago for a while and was pretty much run out of office because believe it or not he was a bit too crooked, even for chitcago and Illinois.

There also was an Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice whose name and the details of his crimes escape me at the moment that ran amok of the law and either died or resigned and had covered his tracks before the other shoe dropped.

Then we have Derrick Smith who is/was a member of the Illinois House and was charged with bribery and expelled from the legislature in early 2012 only to be RE-ELECTED in November back into the Illinois legislature and the legislature couldn't expel him again. Something about double jeopardy or the like. He will eventually lose his seat but the last I knew he was still on the public payroll.

Please tell us again how hard we in Illinois are on our crooked politicians. I had to look twice to make sure you weren't joking!

[Nasty55]

Let me make sure I got this right. Illinois has less criminal activity perpetrated by public officials because they are robustly prosecuted? This zealous prosecution of Illinois' crooked politicians has missed more than a few of the criminal element. Two of the biggest were long time mayors of chitcago both with the last name of Daley. They were always able to have plausible deniability due to the henchmen they had on their payroll making sure nothing dirty ever got too close to either one of them

We had an esteemed Secretary of State here in Illinois by the name of Paul Powell that had in his possession at the time of his death $800,000.00 IN CASH in his Springfield hotel room residence. His estate was worth over $4.5 million dollars in racetrack stock in spite of the fact his highest salary as an Illinois public servant was $30,000.00. The FBI did an investigation after Powell passed away that revealed that Powell had long been accepting bribes for noncompetitive construction contracts.

Ever heard of "Big Bill" Thompson? He was the mayor of chitcago for a while and was pretty much run out of office because believe it or not he was a bit too crooked, even for chitcago and Illinois.

There also was an Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice whose name and the details of his crimes escape me at the moment that ran amok of the law and either died or resigned and had covered his tracks before the other shoe dropped.

Then we have Derrick Smith who is/was a member of the Illinois House and was charged with bribery and expelled from the legislature in early 2012 only to be RE-ELECTED in November back into the Illinois legislature and the legislature couldn't expel him again. Something about double jeopardy or the like. He will eventually lose his seat but the last I knew he was still on the public payroll.

Please tell us again how hard we in Illinois are on our crooked politicians. I had to look twice to make sure you weren't joking!

I don't think Captain was insinuating that they caught all the crooked politicians in Illinois CIRF I do believe that he was referencing that the ones that do get caught Illinois don't mess around with.. That they prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law... H3ll the biggest crooked politician out of Illinois is our stupid a$$ president..... He came from Chicago if I'm correct?

[Captain Happy]

CIRF'is is only expressin' his knowledge in short form novel style every chance he gets, you know that Nasty. He obviously head me tho...

[Captain Happy]

Outstanding post captain............... Can you fine folks in the land of Lincoln figure out a way to bust some bodies ass in Washington, D.C.???? America would salute you!!!

IL. has the balls to put criminals in their place BBQ. Washington don't!

[Barbecueboy]

IL. has the balls to put criminals in their place BBQ. Washington don't!

Washington puts them in office........

[CIRF]

IL. has the balls to put criminals in their place BBQ. Washington don't!

All evidence to the contrary.

There have been a lot more dirty politicians go unscathed than have been prosecuted in the Land O' Lincoln and crooked politicians.

Saying Illinois is tough on crooked politicians is like saying president hussein is tough on global terrorism. The record simply doesn't bear that out. In fact it's a joke, but unfortunately the bigger joke is on us, the people who voted them into office.

I would agree the previous post was too long but the list of criminal Illinois politicians who walked away untouched is also way, way to long.

[skids]

The corruption will not end as long as politicians are paid as much as they are.

The founding fathers had it right. Politicians should be making a sacrifice to SERVE their fellow man. They were originally intended to serve a term and be DONE and go back to their REAL jobs. As it is today, there are too many making a career of being a politician and becoming millionaires doing it.

That is just WRONG on so many levels.

I heard a suggestion on the radio the other day. Politicians should be paid the median/average wage of THEIR district, plus travel expenses to get back and forth to Washington. PERIOD. I agree. If this were the case, people choosing to serve would be serving for the right reasons. NOT to get rich.

[Clayton_Wetter]

One of the founding fathers (I forget which) said democracy was the worst form of government but was better then what was available.

The system can work but it takes some responsible politicians to have the courage to stand up to big money and the Koch Bros. and make the changes necessary.

Koch Brothers? HA That's nothing compared to Soros, Gates, Buffet, Bloomberg, rich Arabs, and other countless socialist elites of the world.