Thursday, March 1, 2012

Blagojevich pension

  • CHICAGO — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich will have $107,367 from his pension to give his wife and daughters as he heads off to prison later this month. U.S.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Rod Blagojevich's state pension refund was lightened today by nearly $22,000 Thursday. According to documents filed today in U.S. District Court, the state retirement system reported the balance in Blagojevich's account was $129,167.86.
  • (NBC Chicago)
  • Branstad, while holding a town hall meeting at the Center for Active Seniors Inc., responded to a question about Iowa's pension system by telling the Illinois' past two governors, Rod Blagojevich and George Ryan, both were convicted of crimes.
  • (Quad-Cities Times)
  • Blagojevich was found guilty last year of trying to sell Burch, veteran Rock Island mail carrier, is retiring on Monday with a pension, according to post office officials.
  • (Quad Cities Onlines)
  • Blagojevich oversaw record increases in funding for education every year without raising general sales or income taxes. He was criticized by Republicans and many moderate Democrats for using funds from the state pension system in order to fund other spending.
  • (Worldnews.com)
  • and Sam Adam Jr., represented Blagojevich during his first trial before Zagel his campaign funds for personal use including gambling and boosting his city pension -- but did not honestly report that income.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Rod Blagojevich were bribes disguised as lobbyist payments Robert Molaro, D-Chicago, who doubled his public pension after working only one month in a Chicago alderman's office.
  • (State Journal-Register)
  • during a meeting with Rezko and another Blagojevich fund-raiser, Christopher Kelly, Davis suggested they could raise money from Thomas Rosenberg, a Hollywood movie producer who also owned an investment firm that managed state pension money.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)

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