Hynes steps in to freeze part of Blago's big giveaway
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- State Comptroller Dan Hynes has frozen about $55 million in a fund set aside for so-called "pork-barrel" projects around the state.
Hynes says the money in the fund he froze Monday could be used to help pay for health care for the poor.
Governor Rod Blagojevich has said he's releasing $195 million earmarked for special projects by lawmakers.
Up to $14.8 million of that was to come from the fund frozen by Hynes.
posted by The Inside Dope @ 10/04/2005
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It is an interesting situation, in as much as one state official is having a little power struggle with another. And this isn't the first time Hynes has stepped on Blago's toes if I recall.
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