Madigan and the 'changing' culture in Springfield
Boss Madigan
And since everyone is equal under the law  even in Illinois  Iâd bet that  Illinoisâ supreme political boss  Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan  lord of all he surveys   is taking his sexual harassment training too.
No one in their right mind would ever think  Boss Madigan  capable of sexual harassment.  He âs a family man  a gentleman  loving dad and husband  brilliant  hardworking and incredibly disciplined.
 He âs also a ruthless  wealthy political warlord who controls Illinois by force of will and has turned the state into an overtaxed wasteland.
 Madigan  is of the old school: strait-laced iron curtain; a character straight out of Charles Dickens  thin  bony and entirely without blood.
 He  likes money and power. But sex and  Mike Madigan ? Impossible.
It took me over two hours just to type the words âsexâ and â Mike Madigan â in the same sentence. And now my fingers are cramped and Iâll probably have to stick pins in them or soak them in holy water to release the painful claw effect.
 He  stands accused but not charged  though  he âs been stripped by the powers that be of  his  leadership position and the extra cash that comes with it.
Ever since  he  was accused â quite publicly at a public hearing â lawmakers have been busy issuing bill after bill  determined to show us theyâre changing the culture down there.
That inspector general wrote a scathing report about  Madigan  and contracts and  Madigan  political patronage at Metra  the clout-rich transportation bureaucracy that moves commuters across the metropolitan area.
 Madigan  was furious. This helped make me a bunch of columns  though  and  his  daughter  Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan went around telling people they were reading âtoo much John Kass â so I was grateful.
That law enforcement officer  of course  is  Lisa Madigan .
What bothered lawmakers is that  Madigan   testifying  himself  on one of  his  own change-the-culture harassment bills  knew all about the forgotten ethics complaints.
âEthics is a real issue  a serious issue  especially in Illinois â  she  said. âAnd yet all weâre doing now is rushing bill after bill. Why? We didnât do anything for three years to fill that inspector spot. And now weâre rushing to tweak this and tweak that?
And since everyone is equal under the law  even in Illinois  Iâd bet that  Illinoisâ supreme political boss  Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan  lord of all he surveys   is taking his sexual harassment training too.
No one in their right mind would ever think   [TGT]  [TGT]  âs a family man  a gentleman  loving dad and husband  brilliant  hardworking and incredibly disciplined.
  [TGT]  âs also a ruthless  wealthy political warlord who controls Illinois by force of will and has turned the state into an overtaxed wasteland.
  [TGT] is of the old school: strait-laced iron curtain; a character straight out of Charles Dickens  thin  bony and entirely without blood.
  [TGT]   likes money and power. But sex and   [TGT]  ? Impossible.
It took me over two hours just to type the words âsexâ and  [TGT]  â in the same sentence. And now my fingers are cramped and Iâll probably have to stick pins in them or soak them in holy water to release the painful claw effect.
 He  stands accused but not charged  though  he âs been stripped by the powers that be of  his  leadership position and the extra cash that comes with it.
Ever since  he  was accused â quite publicly at a public hearing â lawmakers have been busy issuing bill after bill  determined to show us theyâre changing the culture down there.
That inspector general wrote a scathing report about  Madigan  and contracts and  Madigan  political patronage at Metra  the clout-rich transportation bureaucracy that moves commuters across the metropolitan area.
 Madigan  was furious. This helped make me a bunch of columns  though  and  his  daughter  Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan went around telling people they were reading âtoo much John Kass â so I was grateful.
That law enforcement officer  of course  is  Lisa Madigan .
What bothered lawmakers is that  Madigan   testifying  himself  on one of  his  own change-the-culture harassment bills  knew all about the forgotten ethics complaints.
âEthics is a real issue  a serious issue  especially in Illinois â  she  said. âAnd yet all weâre doing now is rushing bill after bill. Why? We didnât do anything for three years to fill that inspector spot. And now weâre rushing to tweak this and tweak that?