Actually, this is one item that is NOT pork!
Democrat Governor Blagojevich was going to pay it back out of the proceeds from the Senate seat lease.
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I know this is suppose to be a dropped bill, the FutureGen program, but will be interesting to follow anyway. Lots of money$$$
Illinois is a very interesting State!!
Just by chance I watched the History Channel today. They are starting a series on crime gangs. What kept me watching, speaking of Illinois, the seg. I caught was on Chicago gangs. Such timing, ya.
It covered the 60’s and followed thru to 2006.
The gang was known as Blackstone Rangers (Blackstone Ave - Woodlawn).
To be know later as -
Almighty Black P. Stone Nations (or BPSN).
They were known as the community protectors and their leader was Jeff Fort.
(remember of yesteryear .. Community Organizer,... Community Reinvestment Act,.....& ACORN — which I
understand ACORN has been re-named)
By the early 70’s they were the most powerful and organized street gang in Chicago.
In 1986 Jeff Fort & gang converted to Islam. Jeff Fort is currently in prison under a no human contact order. Fort and other BPSN members were indicted for attempting to purchase high-powered rocket launchers from Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi.
The schedule shows this running over the week-end.