Posted by
Billy on Thursday, January 29, 2009 9:00:55 PM
In his first news conference as governor, Pat Quinn compared his situation coming into office to that of Gerald Ford following Richard Nixon after Nixon resigned. ( Senate removes Blagojevich from office)
"(Ford) pointed out that he was not elected by the ballots of the people, so he asked the people of America to confirm his office by their prayers, and I have the same request for the people of Illinois," Quinn said. "This is by far the most trying and difficult time in the history of our state."
He said that aside from sweeping economic problems, the state is facing "an integrity crisis."
"I hope that we can ask for people to come together for a cause that they believe in, and that cause is to protect our state and our democracy and help it move forward," Quinn said, encouraging citizens to "expect the best."
He said all appointed government officials and employees will be under review in his administration. He also said he and his family would reside in the governor’s mansion in Springfield, unlike Blagojevich who kept his home in Chicago.
Referring to the state’s budget crisis as a "morass," he said that would be a top priority in the coming weeks.
"We want to make sure everyone who’s breathing and able bodied has a job in Illinois," Quinn siad. "And we need to put a full-court press on to make sure that Illinois gets every dollar it can from the federal government."
(It is sad when somebody has to be removed from office. However it looks to me like the state leaders in ILL. did the right thing. No one from the President of the USA to a trash man is above the law and that includes a sitting Gov. Lets all pray for the new leader in ILL.)