The Southern Illinoisan reports:
While their boss faces federal criminal corruption charges, as well as an effort to impeach him, 200-plus state workers will kick off the new year learning to be ethical.
As part of an annual effort aimed at fighting fraud in government, top brass from four state agencies will spend seven hours in a conference room Wednesday for an "Ethics in the Workplace" seminar.
"Don't miss the fantastic speakers and great roundtable discussion," notes a brochure outlining the event.
You ask who are the "fantastic speakers"?:
The event, which will take place at the University of Illinois-Chicago, and be broadcast to state office buildings for those unable to travel, features a selection of speakers.
Rodger Heaton, the U.S. attorney for the central district of Illinois, is among them.
In 2006, Heaton reportedly dined with Republican powerbroker William Cellini at a private club in Springfield. Cellini, head of a state road-building lobby and a prolific fundraiser, now faces federal extortion charges in Illinois' northern district.
Another speaker, Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke, is married to powerful Chicago alderman Edward Burke.
And, former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert also is speaking.
Hastert recently assisted Blagojevich in an effort to get a statewide construction plan on the books. The federal criminal complaint alleges Blagojevich may have planned to use the program to milk campaign contributions from contractors and engineering firms.
No word yet on whether Anne Burke talked about the
Cammon murder case at the ethics conference.Also,no word yet on whether Anne Burke is going to sue
Robert Cooley for accusing her of major ethics violations.
