Champaign receives an impromptu visit from Blagojevich

CHAMPAIGN – Champaign County Chamber of Commerce President Laura Weis heard Gov. Rod Blagojevich was in town Thursday, but she didn't get a chance to challenge him in person about his gross receipts tax plan that is so reviled by Illinois businesses.

"I wasn't invited," Weis said after Blagojevich sandwiched an unplanned visit to Christie Clinic in Champaign late Thursday afternoon between planned bus tour stops in Decatur and Danville.

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