Since so many people seem to find it so amusing I may as well comment on Gov. Blagojevich’s unsolicited offer to send Illinois State Troopers or the National Guard to Chicago to help deal with the spike in violent crime here:
CHICAGO – Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday raised the possibility of bringing in state troopers or even the Illinois National Guard to help Chicago combat a recent increase in violent crime — an offer that Mayor Richard Daley didn’t know was coming.
Appearing at signing ceremony for a bill that toughens the penalty for adults who provide guns to minors, Blagojevich said “violent crime in the city of Chicago is out of control.”
“I’m offering resources of the state to the city to work in a constructive way with Mayor Daley to do everything we can possibly do to help … stop this violence,” said the governor.
Blagojevich said Daley had not asked for help and he had not talked to the mayor about offering it, adding he would call Daley after he met later in the day with the state police, National Guard and others.
It’s not as though the governor didn’t have a lot to do in Springfield (as little time as he spends there), e.g. balancing the budget, avoiding impeachment, staying out of jail, etc.
Look, there’s Halley’s Comet!
Just like the Governor, instead of working on a proposal with the Mayor, and city and state police, he just announces policy. Next he’ll get defensive about it and then push some form of it through just to prove some point.
BTW/ Did the Governor just end Chicago’s Olympic bid?