Attorney general staying out of speaker-gov dispute
To the surprise of absolutely no one in state government, Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s office is declining to get involved in a political and legal dispute between her father and Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
In a letter released Thursday, Ms. Madigan’s office said it won’t rule on whether her father, House Speaker Michael Madigan, has a conflict of interest in working as a property tax appeals lawyer at the same time the House considers legislation to cap annual tax hikes for homeowners in Cook County at about 7%.
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