Lisa Madigan: Yes to Special Election

I heard Illinois AG Lisa Madigan on WLS' Don and Roma show this morning state her legal opinion in favor of a special election. More here.

UPDATE: Burris Son Got State Job From Blago that pays $75,000. What else? Sun Times:

Blagojevich's administration hired Roland W. Burris II as a senior counsel for the state's housing authority Sept. 10 -- about six weeks after the Internal Revenue Service slapped a $34,163 tax lien on Burris II and three weeks after a mortgage company filed a foreclosure suit on his South Side house.

A spokeswoman for the Illinois Housing Development Authority indicated Wednesday there was nothing improper about Burris II's employment by the agency, whose mission includes overseeing mortgage programs for low-income home buyers and anti-foreclosure initiatives.

You can't make this stuff up. I guess it was Gov. Blago's especially targeted mortgage bailout plan.

Chicago Tea Party tomorrow at 11, Daley Plaza.

More: Tribune editorial, "Burris? He's all theirs"