Illinois Printers — A Printer’s Paradise

When Govenor Rod Blagojevich embarked on his successful 2002 campaign bid, he visited our unnamed printer friend. The execs talked to Blagojevich about a number of topics, such as the budget. Blagojevich soon asked, “And you’re union, right?” He didn’t like the answer he received.

“When we said ‘no,’ he nearly hit the ceiling,” the printer remarks. “It was the last we ever heard from him. But that’s the meat and potatoes of Chicago and Illinois.”