The Quinn reign begins as promised…
The 2-foot high “Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor” title displayed at the Bolingbrook toll plaza vanished from sight today, replaced by the utilitarian “Boughton Rd Plaza 89.”
“You’re taking down the sign?” a passing driver called out to assembled Illinois Tollway officials and media. “No way!” he added, giving a thumb’s up signal.
A symphony of truck horns blasting and cars tooting approval accompanied two workers atop an aerial lift who fastened three blue, aluminum panels over the former governor’s name.
It’s hyberbole, but watching the video of this immediately reminded me of the Saddam Statute falling in Iraq.
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Quinn will be greeted as a liberator.
I have to admit that liberation has felt kinda nice this weekend. I’d gotten used to always being oppressed by the signs.