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Blagojevich Sentencing, Remap Fight Put Ald. Mell At Eye Of Storm

Chicago Ward Remap

First Posted: 12/06/11 06:28 PM ET Updated: 12/06/11 06:28 PM ET

Chicago Sun-Times:

Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) finds himself in the eye of a racially-charged political storm at the same time that he's facing an emotional family crisis.

Rod Blagojevich, Mell's estranged son-in-law, will find out later this week how much time he'll have to spend in prison away from Mell's daughter, Patti, and the alderman's two granddaughters.

Read the whole story: Chicago Sun-Times

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kareemachan
watashi ha tororu ga oroka da to omoi masu。
11:55 AM on 12/08/2011
What a family. Ick.
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ChiGuy
Just an earthbound misfit, I
09:34 PM on 12/06/2011
As long as they get the job done, I don't care how contentious their internal debates get. Just move forward and do what you're overpaid to do.