Scoop: Illinois Cabinet Post To Tim Martin?

So who is going to fill the cabinet of new Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich -- or Gov. BJ as he is less-than-affectionately called by the less-than-affectionate?

Ed. hears that Chicago Board of Education Chief Operating Officer Timothy Martin -- a former road-building deputy in the Chicago Department of Transportation (aka the Department of Tony) may be tapped by Gov. BJ to be the state's next Secretary or Director (or whatever they call him) of Transportation. Martin would replace outgoing Illinois Transportation Secretary Kirk Brown, a homespun roads scholar who has presided over state highways and byways for at least three governors.

Martin's list of accomplishments includes the massive CDOT relocation of Lake Shore Drive around Soldier Field, in Chicago, and primary implementation of a $5 Billion public schools capital building program.