CHICAGO — The last sign, literally, of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's reign in Illinois has worn away.
Years after Blagojevich was ousted from office in 2009 and his name was immediately removed from signs, including on the Illinois Tollway, his name still stood atop a grain elevator at the Illinois International Port District, just east of the Bishop Ford Expy.
Illinois International Port District executive director Tony Ianello told WBEZ in April 2009 and April 2011 that plans were to paint over the sign, which also had Richard Daley as Chicago's mayor, after Rahm Emanuel had been elected in February 2011.
Ianello told DNAinfo on Friday that the sign was never painted over, but instead Blagojevich's and Daley's names had both "flaked off."
"The names aren't legible," Ianello said. "We haven't repainted the sign."
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