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CHICAGO (WBBM) - The mayor of Park Ridge says he thinks the city was caught in a "sneak attack" designed to better the image of Governor Rod Blagojevich.
It's not so much the signs, really, that bother Park Ridge Mayor Howard Frimark.
It's how they appeared, he says.
"Well, sort of a sneak attack."
Frimark says all of a sudden, street signs were put up by IDOT.
They say, "Honorary Jim Hendry Way," in honor of the Cubs manager.
The signs, reading ''Honorary Jim Hendry Way,'' were attached to traffic-signal poles at the intersection of Prospect Avenue, Touhy Avenue and Northwest Highway.
Hendry lives in Park Ridge, and Frimark says he has nothing against Hendry. "We love Jim Hendry," Frimark says.
But he says Park Ridge has long had a policy of no honorary signs. He says he can guess why the governor--a longtime Cubs fan--signed an executive order to have the signs put up.
"Well, I think he's trying to probably increase his ratings among the electorate."
Frimark says he's worried the signs will distract people at busy intersections.
He says, "I would think they'd at least give us the courtesy of telling us they were putting the signs up."
An IDOT spokeswoman confirmed a recent executive order by Governor Blagojevich led to the signs' placement in Park Ridge.
Newsradio 780 has asked Governor Blagojevich's office for a response.
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