Illinois Deputy Governor Resigns (Senate Candidate #4)

MyFox9 ^ | 12/10/08

[LdSentinal]

CHICAGO (AP) -- A spokeswoman for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says one of his top aides has resigned.

Spokeswoman Kelley Quinn on Wednesday said Deputy Gov. Bob Greenlee resigned. The reason for his resignation wasn't immediately clear.

Greenlee's resignation comes a day after Blagojevich was arrested on federal corruption charges.

Greenlee was promoted to be a top aide to Blagojevich in June, replacing former Deputy Governor Sheila Nix. Greenlee had been a top administration aide previously.

State records indicate the 33-year-old Greenlee lives in Chicago and earned $149,000 a year.

[EDINVA]

President Biden. OMG

I would actually enjoy that ... all those idiots who voted for Obama because he’s ‘cool’ or because he’s half black, or because they didn’t like Sarah Palin deserve to suffer thru four years of Biden.

And, at least we KNOW Biden. He may be an insufferable bore, a perpetual gaffe machine, and a bigoted fool, but we know who the hell he is. 5+ weeks from inauguration we hardly know a thing about Obama.

[SunkenCiv]

one of his top aides has resigned

Deputy Governor = "top aide".

[Cyropaedia]

"... and who will be forced to resign next...? Anyone...?"

[TitansAFC]

Deputy Governor = Lt. Governor here in IL.

Quinn stepping down is bigger than you think - he is viewed as a centrist Democrat.

[floriduh voter]

MacDougal wanted access to the infirmary and was in pain. I believe there had been a jailhouse interview wks/months before. He may have said he was worried about his safety. That was awhile ago. So many demrat misdeeds since then.

Illinois is falling down, falling down.

[RatsDawg]

But Quinn didn’t step down, Greenlee did. So what is the difference between Lt. and Dep?

[TitansAFC]

My bad.

I thought I had heard Quinn was stepping down!