Metro east trucking executive Dwight Kay is creating a buzz over the huge influx of campaign contributions he's been getting the last few weeks from business, tort reform and conservative GOP-affiliated groups.
Kay's putting surprising pressure on Governor Blagojevich's pal and State House spokesman Jay Hoffman...
Kay alleges Hoffman hasn't "come clean" about whether he has been questioned by Chicago-based federal agents or a grand jury investigating Blagojevich associates for alleged influence peddling. Hoffman last week bluntly denied it.
"I've not been interviewed by anybody," he said, and he called the implication "a complete and utter lie." ...
Kay's stunning zero-to-six-figure fundraising in recent months has had Springfield buzzing again about the power of the business and anti-litigation coalition that has shaped the state Supreme Court and other offices in recent years with big money under Illinois' unlimited contribution system.
Link: STLtoday - Big money, Blagojevich controversy converge around Metro East campaign.
