Blago: No Stop in Rockford Updated X1

1 comment January 20th, 2008

Gov. Blago is travelling the state Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King Day and promote his free-rides-for-seniors plan.

His press release:

After attending a breakfast in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Chicago on Monday, January 21, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich will make stops in Peoria, Moline and Decatur to urge seniors to register early to receive free public transportation under the long-term mass transit funding bill that received final approvals from the General Assembly. Under the new law, individuals aged 65 and older will be eligible to receive free service on main line and fixed route mass transit systems starting in 60 days. The Governor will also reiterate the importance of now passing a comprehensive capital plan in Illinois.

No, there’s no stop in Rockford, the place the governor has so fondly called “forsaken and forgotten.”

Speaking of which, the governor has apparently forgotten to “certify” the mass transit bailout plan, which includes his free-rides-for-seniors component. Until he does so, it cannot become law.

UPDATE 1

Blago certified the bill. It is now law.