From a recent Sun Times article on if Blagovich should have an official portrait comes an unintentionally funny comment with an Only-in-Illinois twist:
“If we’re going to hold him to a different standard, then we’re going to have to hold all other convicted governors of the state to that standard,” Dunkin said.
So, yes, you know it’s Illinois politics if you can use the term “convicted governor” in the plural.
The 12 Angry Men Blog 
February 10, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Well, it’s a contributor to this – Chicago #3 most miserable city (ahead of Flint, MI and Stockton, CA):
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-miserable-cities.html
But this might have had some contribution to it, too (Chicago public school teacher decides to resume beatings until morale improves…):
http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/Painful.Lessons.Abuse.2.931134.html
It’s ok though, since the dude in charge of Chicago Public Schools just got made US Sec of Education. That’s change we can believe in!