Illinois' History of Greed and Corruption

The Chicago Tribune reports:

Consider this recent box score toted by political scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago: 1,000 public officials and businessmen convicted of public corruption in Illinois since 1970, including three governors, 19 Cook County judges and 30 Chicago City Council members.

Corruption has been embedded in Illinois' political DNA since pioneer days. European immigrants found jobs and housing easier to come by if they helped keep the powers-that-be in power.

Which includes this high ranking "made member" of The Chicago Mob,who was elected to Chicago's City Council.Or who could forget that Blago has been accused of being a former bookmaker with Chicago Mob ties? Or that a current Illinois Supreme Court justice has been accused of fixing cases when she was a lawyer by a top FBI informant.