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 Anonymous Chicago Street Artist Depicts Former Governor Blagojevich Published: May 1, 09 Comments: 1 Views: 4,015 Even though former Illinois Governor Blagojevich can no longer run for office, he keeps running - jogging to keep himself fit. A Chicago artist is keeping the image of the disgraced Governor alive in the minds and hearts of Chicagoans by anonymously stenciling images of a jogging Blago on various walls throughout the city. Depicted wearing his signature black jogging suit and sporting his perfect helmet of hair, the Ex-Governor looks more like he’s running from the law than out for a jog. A legitimate question to ask is: Did the publicity hungry Blago commission these himself?  Like most street art, the creator leaves no signature. (The practice is illegal, after all.) But Pilsen artist Ray Noland, 36, is currently selling a first-edition poster of the image titled "Run, Blago, Run!" for $75 on his Web site, cro.bigcartel.com. Noland -- who ran an unofficial Obama street art campaign last year -- declined to comment on how his Blago design ended up on the street and suggested that anyone could have appropriated his image. "I just make the graphics," he said.
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