The people of Illinois should be calling for the election of Rep. Raymond Poe, R-Springfield, as governor after his second introduction of a bill to eliminate the ripoff of the taxpayer perpetrated by King Rod Blagojevich and has cronies. HB4177 simply states:

"Section 5. Travel expense reimbursement. No State funds
shall be used to pay or reimburse, and no State-compensated
time shall be used by, a person elected to, appointed to,
acting on behalf of the State in, or employed full time,
part time, temporarily, or on a contractual basis in a position in the executive branch of State government for travel to or from that person's State work location in the State capital."

THIS should be in the Illinois Constitution, not merely a statute. This is PRECISELY the abuse that King Rod and his henchman have heaped our our heads, the waste of 10s of millions of our dollars on creating a pseudo-capital in Chicago, and being PAID to get to where the real job is located.

I applaud Rep. Poe for having the sheer audacity at reintroducing a bill that passed the first time 115-0 in the House, but Clown Prince Emil Jones blocked from being brought to the floor for a vote in the Senate.

If the Clown Prince does so a second time, then I hope the Senate rises against him and removes him from office.