Schoenberg Bestirs Himself

Quite the taxpayer watchdog, that Jeff Schoenberg. Fresh from tyrannizing the citizens of Northfield, our feckless Democrat state Senator belatedly swoops in, now that Rezko's deals are front page news. Tribune:

"It looks like we should terminate the lease and ask for the $3.4 million since it was fraudulently represented," said Schoenberg. He sent a letter to the Department of Central Management Services, which handles renting state office space, calling on the agency to revoke the lease.

Cybil Rose, an agency spokeswoman, said the agency was continuing the review of the lease that began after Ata's recent testimony. Asked what the review had uncovered so far, she replied, "I can't answer that question."

So come on Jeffie, get tough, ask some questions. Then ask some more. Meanwhile, we have some questions of our own--who has been chairman of the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability in the criminal and failed Blagojevich administration, hmm?

UPDATE: Rezko's lawyer did a good job ripping Levine, the main witness against him, but the prosecution pushed back. Sun Times:

Duffy pointed to a transcript showing Levine then changed his answer.

But Schar reminded jurors that much of Levine's testimony was backed up by conversations in 2004 that Levine had no idea the feds secretly recorded. Schar also pointed out that a man who got hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash from one of Rezko's and Levine's alleged schemes, Joseph Aramanda, had no ties to Levine.

Aramanda is key. An Obama connection there.