Chicago Patronage

Official Gets Sarcastic 'Valentine' From Political Opponent

Posted 02.15.2012

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Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios, who has said on multiple occasions that he hires his family members and does not feel bad about doing so, received a...

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Daley Administration To Push Judge To Remove Corruption Oversight

Fox Chicago | Anita Padilla | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mayor Daley's administration wants Chicago alderman to believe that political favors and corruption no longer exist at City Hall. ...

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Patronage Workers Donate To Stroger, Get Hefty Raises

Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association | CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patronage workers with the Cook County Forest Preserve District are seeing more green these days -- in their paychecks....

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Aldermen: City Can't Afford Patronage Watchdog's Fees

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal hiring monitor Noelle Brennan has billed Chicago taxpayers for $3.8 million through January --bringing the running tab for the city hiring sca...

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Speaker Madigan Denies Influencing City Hiring

Chicago Sun-Times | JORDAN WILSON, TIM NOVAK and LISA DONOVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is no "Madigan Electric" listed in the Chicago phone book. But maybe that's what they should call the place you call if your city streetlight go...

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Al Sanchez, Former Streets And Sanitation Commissioner Under Daley, Found Guilty Of Fraud In Corruption Trial

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A federal jury convicted Chicago's former streets and sanitation commissioner Monday of using bogus documents and other fraudulent act...

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Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal From Daley Aide Sorich In Patronage Case

Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's former patronage chief and two other former city officials have failed to persuade the U.S. Supreme C...

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Is The Chicago Machine Coming To Washington?

The American Prospect | Ben Joravsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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I hope people outside of Chicago don't assume that President-elect Barack Obama has a lot in common with Congressman Rahm Emanuel just because he sele...

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