Representative Roger Eddy is leaving the general assembly.  He resigned as of Midnight last night but in his last day as a lawmaker, he voted to end the legislative scholarship program. 

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Roger admits supporting the program in the past but says because of the state's fiscal problems plus alleged abuses, it's time for the program to end.  Eddy is leaving the legislature after nine years to take a job with the Illinois Association of School Boards.  The Republican Party Chairman in his district will choose someone to fill the rest of Eddy's term, which ends in January 2013.