[Springfield Reformer]

Did anyone else see this coming?

Not Meeks specifically, but I already knew this guy was from deep in the Combine machinery. So my level of surprise was, well, not so much ...

But the Meeks appointment makes sense, politically. Meeks gave Rauner an electoral foothold in Chicago, without which he'd have had no chance, so this is no doubt the reward for that.

[itssme]

I agree with you about Meeks. As for Common Core, well, it's his call, and I feel for the parents and kids of Illinois, as they struggle with Commie Core. It's an new era in Illinois with a “Republican” as the new Governor. Well, we'll see.