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Dailey may have been concerned about his future at the tollway after the arrest of Gov. Rod Blagojevich. In the complaint filed by U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald last week, Bla- gojevich is alleged to have pressured an unidentified highway contractor to raise $500,000 for his campaign fund before he announced a $1.8 billion tollway construction program.

The tollway executive director is appointed by the governor and the tollway chairman. If Blagojevich were to resign or be removed from office, Dailey might be subject to the door said a source familiar with the operations. Illinois ethics law requires state employees to wait a year before going to work for companies they once hired or regulated. Dailey, 48, started Nov. 19 in the job.

He replaced Brian McPartlin, who resigned in September to take a job as vice president with McDonough an engineering firm that has done millions of dollars in business with the tollway over the years. McPartlin dropped his plans on Friday after Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan challenged his request for a waiver from the Illinois law. Dailey previously had been the chief engineer but left the post last year to join the North Texas Tollway Authority.

Upon his return, tollway officials lauded expertise, saying they welcomed having a professional engineer run the agency as it launched the construction program. New tollway chief quits after only month on job By Carlos Sadovi TRIBUNE REPORTER Two Chicago Public Schools basketball coaches accused of paddling athletes should be given warnings and not lose their jobs, supporters told the school board Wednesday. The plea came at the first board meeting since schools chief Arne Duncanwas nominated by President-elect Barack Obama to be the next U.S. education secretary. Duncan, who was greeted with a standing ovation, left before supporters spoke; this month he recommended that one coach, Mandel Oliverof Morgan Park High School, be fired and that the other, Courtney Hargraysof state champion Marshall High School, not be allowed to work in the district.

Earlier this month, district officials said they were looking at six other cases of paddling, doubling the number of cases where paddling was allegedly being done by either coaches or security officials. Earlean local school council president, said morale has sunk since Hargrays, who won a state title in his first year, was removed from his coaching duties. young men are giving back to the community. Everyone deserves a second Green said. But Patrick school lawyer, asked Green whether she condoned hitting students.

Green said that as a parent, shehas teachers, coaches and everybody else if they act up, hit that butt. I say beat them down like a dog. If it takes a paddle, fine. I would rather a whooping than for the police to shoot Nathaniel lawyer for the alumni association, said the district is at fault because it issue rules or against the practice. He called for a hearing with district officials to discuss an alternative punishment.

administrators have known about the practice for Byrd said. District officials said an internal investigation found that the coaches had used paddles to either reprimand or motivate the student-athletes. They said that violates a state ban on corporal punishment thathas been in place since 1993. Rocks said the coaches still have to have hearings before the board can take action. Basketball coaches defended 2accused of paddling be fired, school board told Product: CTMAIN PubDate: 12-18-2008 Zone: ALL Edition: HD Page: 1-28 User: croyer Time: Color:.