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Quinn Getting to Work As New Governor
Pictures are coming down, the state government web sites have been changed, and Rod Blagojevich's security detail is gone. That's what happened as soon as Governor Pat Quinn was sworn into office. Less than an hour after the Senate fired Blagojevich, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke administered the oath of office to Quinn. The new governor promptly declared that, "The ordeal is over." Quinn says he looks forward to being a humble governor who is proud of his state and the people in it.

Quinn says one of his first requests to the legislature will be ask for more time to craft a budget proposal. "We really don't know the nature, the size of the deficit. I wasn't given access to all the information necessary." Some experts say the deficit could be as high as four-billion-dollars. Quinn won't say whether a tax hike might be necessary to fill the budget hole.

In contrast to the Blagojevich habit of avoiding the media, Quinn will take formal action on something Friday morning, but he's not giving any details, saying you only get one shot at your first big announcement.

(Illinois Radio Network)


(Pat Quinn was Lieutenant Governor when he made a stop in Galesburg in early July, 2008 to unveil a temporary display of portraits of fallen Illinois soldiers at the Galesburg American Legion. WGIL News File Photo by Will Stevenson.)
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