The lone juror holdout in the Blagojevich trial has been identified as JoAnn Chiakulas a retired state employee. I wondered who she was and what her reason was for voting for acquittal. It seems that Ms Chiakulas determined early on that the wire tap recordings merely show a rambling Blagojevich, no one organized and ready to take action. I admire this 67 year old woman for sticking to her conviction. However, I am far from excited that the taxpayers of Illinois will have to pay for Blago’s defense lawyers in the retrial scheduled for January 2011. And we all should bemoan the fact that because of this woman’s conviction we will all have to pay for the team of lawyers handling the prosecution’s case. I was OK with Blagojevich’s brother having the charges against him dropped. I do believe he got sucked into this mess because of family loyalty.
There, I have had my say on the politics of the day. Since I started blogging over 5 years ago I have made it a policy never to discuss politics and or religion in my posts and I have pretty much stuck to this.
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The weather is warming up for today and tomorrow should be in the low 90s. I am hoping this is summer’s last hurrah and we won’t have excessive heat in September.
I am being lazy today and not doing too much. I have enjoyed watching the geese in my back yard and noticing how big they are getting.
I am about to decide on purchasing an e book. I haven’t decided which one yet. I have been to the local library and it is huge, not at all like my little library at home so I am not exited about going there. My brother has a new e book from Barnes and Noble and he loves it. He is going to bring it with him when he comes to see me next month so he can help me make a decision.
I hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Stay safe and be happy.
Beth
