Illinois Governor George Ryan, that is. He\’s involved in a ballooning controversy regarding an appointment at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum:
Earlier this month, a remarkable story broke in the newspapers about the $115 million Abraham Lincoln library and museum complex now being built in Springfield. The stories suggested that Gov. George Ryan was leaving open the possibility of awarding the directorship of the complex as a political spoil to his own chief of staff, Robert Newtson . . .
That\’s not just rhetoric. Typical Illinois politicking already had discouraged one of the nation\’s most gifted presidential scholars from considering the job of overseeing the greatest Lincoln collection anywhere.
Ah, the Illinois culture of sleaze. We had managed to drive off a superb candidate so we could consider handing the job to a loyal Ryan factotum . . .
More from the Chicago Tribune. While we\’re on the subject of shameless self-promotion, I\’d like to plug my new \’blog ;).
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