Pontiac Daily Leader by John Faddoul

Livingston County’s members of the General Assembly were among the first elected officials to testify at Wednesday’s hearing about the potential closing of Pontiac’s prison, and the two state representatives targeted their comments directly to Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Testifying before the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, whose members are their colleagues in the House and Senate, Reps. Keith Sommer and Shane Cultra said the prison should remain open, the latter using the refrain, “Governor, what are you thinking.”

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