Patti, Dancing with Tony

How many realtors does it take to change a light bulb? Or bake a nice little pay-to-play cake?

Governor Blagojevich's wife Pattycake, Pattycake Patti is in the news again for another real estate deal involving one Tony Rezko, making about $50,000. Sun Times:

The chain of events in December 2002 and January 2003 is detailed in records obtained by the Sun-Times. It's the first record of Patti Blagojevich making money off a Rezko deal around the time Rezko began seeking favors from the governor.

The governor's spokesman said one transaction had nothing to do with the other---because Patti represented not Rezko, the buyer, but the seller.

Of the two other brokers in the deal, one had no comment, but the other had this to say about Patti's firm, River Realty:

A principal with the other broker, Podolsky Northstar in north suburban Riverwoods, said his firm represented the seller and didn't know what River Realty did on the deal.

"I have no further recollection on anything else," Randy D. Podolsky said. "I did not handle the transaction personally."

A month later, Rezko's list of preferred appointees was faxed to the Blagojevich house by one of the governor's top aides.

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