House Speaker Michael Madigan’s plan to rid state government of people hired and appointed by former Govs. Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan would include university boards of trustees.
Madigan’s office released a list of about 90 or so boards affected Thursday, and the state’s public universities were among them.
If the Chicago Democrat’s legislation is eventually approved, Gov. Pat Quinn would have 60 days to decide whether or not to keep universities’ current trustees on board or not.
The news came mostly as a surprise to university officials.
… The legislation, House Bill 4450, hasn’t yet been debated by lawmakers.
May 9th, 2009 at 7:50AM
God, I love it when the Syndicate decides to clean house:
"Take dis dirt from the living room and put it in da dining room; dese go in da hall closet; go out back and get some new stuff from da compost pile."