Well, finally, almost all of the Democrats working hard in Springfield have told Governor King Rod Blagojevich to take his name off of state-owned property. The sole dissenter in the House was Kenneth Dunkin, who said there is value in having an officeholder's name emblazoned on signs promoting state programs. What was your first clue Sherlock Dunkin - the fact that it costs businesses thousands of dollars every month to use an outdoor advertising structure? And King Rod has commandeered over 30 of them?

But at whose expense will these signs be replaced, I wonder?

The bill's sponsor, Elizabeth Coulson, is one of the few Chicagoland Republicans in the House, or for that matter, the entire General Assembly.

Coulson has sponsored a variety of legislation to open up state government to scrutiny - and access, including legislation that would wipe out the unfair advantage in the Election Code that gives members of the Republican and Democratic parties a 10-1 advantage in getting on a ballot. That legislation has sat buried in the House Rules Committee since May 2007.

House to gov: Take your name off signs - Chicago Sun-Times - House to gov: Take your name off signsChicago Sun-Times, United States - 36 minutes agoBlagojevich, the Illinois House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to ban state officeholders from having their names appear on tax-subsidized billboards and ... [King Rod - Google]