Their kind of town

As Andrea Kampwerth reports that Debbie Moore, doesn't mind that the Governor will be absent from the 17th Annual Illinois Governor's Conference on Tourism. Moore, the executive director of the Carbondale Convention and Tourism Bureau, and Mayor Brad Cole are going to Chicago "to learn more about the tourism industry, not to complain about the 50% funding cut proposed by Governor Rod Blagojevich." As Carbondalliers know, Cole ran for mayor on the notion that he would be the "chief salesman" for Carbondale, so he's going to the Chicago Hilton today through Wednesday, to listen and to hobnob with regional tourism leaders, except G-Rod. Andrea doesn't say why the Governor won't be in attendance. Maybe he's on vacation.