Watching former Governor Blagojevich’s name taken down from the tollway and other road signs was almost as satisfying as watching him get impeached. Almost. And there might be more where that came from.

State lawmakers have proposed a bill to ban state officials from plastering their names across signs and tollways like Blagojevich did.

An Illinois House Committee has recently voted in favor of the law. According to the Chicago Tribune, the House passed the bill twice, but the Senate hasn’t been able to yet. It is expected that Gov. Quinn would willingly sign a bill of this nature.

He has said, after all, that his name won’t be replacing Blagojevich’s on the tollways or on the “Welcome to Illinois” signs.

We won’t take his word for it quite yet, but Quinn said he’d rather the sign extend greetings from “the people of Illinois.”

The majority of the Illinois population isn’t as corrupt as the officials who have previously represented them, so really, there would be nobody better to welcome visitors to Illinois.

The only downside to taking down all of these Blagojevich signs is that it costs a heavy penny. Of course, it doesn’t cost nearly as much as it did to put the 32 plaza signs over the tollway.

That ended up costing the state $480,000, which was supposed to help increase our former governor’s approval ratings – already at an all-time low.

If passed in the Senate and signed by Quinn, this law will win us over – or at least give Quinn a higher approval rating than Blagojevich had when he erected the tollway signs: a lousy 4 percent.

We have seen one too many sign-happy politicians, especially in Illinois, and we don’t need any more egotistical, vain officials spending state money on advertising for themselves. The government should stop allowing this political narcissism to continue. The fact that our state officials get elected should be reward enough for them.

For the sake of Illinois, the Senate should pass this law. However small, it will make a dent.

No longer should political officials be able to boost their egos at the expense of taxpayers’ money.