Last fall as State Rep. Careen Gordon (D-Morris) ran for re-election, she promised her constituents to fight Gov. Quinn and the Democrat party’s proposed tax increases.  In November Ms. Gordon was defeated by her Republican challenger Sue Rezin.  When the lame duck legislature pushed through the largest tax increase in Illinois history during the final hours of the session, Careen Gordon cast her vote in favor of the toxic tax hike (the bill passed without a single vote to spare).    Immediately after his inauguration, Governor Pat Quinn signed the tax hike into law and nominated Ms. Gordon to a high-paying job on the Illinois Prison Review Board.  The stench of the corrupt bargain was so strong that the Illinois Senate (in a rare show of bipartisanship) was prepared to block Gordon’s appointment, but rather than face scrutiny over the circumstances surrounding her nomination Ms. Gordon withdrew from consideration.  ...(Read Full Post)