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Chicago Corruption

Aldermen Use Stealth Fund To Hire Friends, Family, Shady Characters

Chicago Tribune | Posted 11.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, John Pope, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Chicago City Hiring, George Cardenas, Ed Burke, Shakman Decree, Thomas Sadzak, Chicago News

As City Hall struggles to pay for basic services, a stealth budget account worth millions has allowed Chicago aldermen to put family members, campaign...

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Urlacher, Tank Johnson Vouched For Indicted Political Figure

Chicago Breaking News | Jeff Coen | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Fast Eddie Vrdolyak, Brian Urlacher, Chicago Corruption, Tank Johnson, Ed Vrdolyak, Chicago News

Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher and former Bear Terry "Tank" Johnson are among those who wrote letters late last year praising the character o...

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Daley Administration To Push Judge To Remove Corruption Oversight

Fox Chicago | Anita Padilla | Posted 11.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley Corruption, Mayor Daley, Chicago Patronage, Mara Georges, Chicago City Hiring, Shakman Decree, Chicago News

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

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Wafeek Aiyash Charged With Offering $100,000 Bribe To Alderman Isaac Carothers

Chicago Sun-Times | Natasha Korecki and Fran Spielman | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rosemarie Andolino, Wafeek Aiyash, Chicago Corruption, Chicago City Contracts, Chicago Airport Concessions, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

A Naperville businessman was charged in federal court today with offering a $100,000 bribe to a Chicago alderman in an effort to land concession contr...

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Lessons Learned From the Olympic Fiasco

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, 2016 Olympics, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, Sears Tower, Todd Stroger, International Olympic Committee, Ioc, Chicago Budget, Cook County Board, Cook County Board President Race, Willis Tower Tifs, Tifs, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

If citizens want to be protected from bad government and further rip-offs, we are going to have to rise to a new level of involvement. I have little hope that our elected representatives will truly represent us.

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What Happened in Copenhagen (When We Went to Influence the IOC -- Again)

Tom Tresser | Posted 10.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Chicago Olympic Bid, No Games Chicago, Chicago 2016, No Games Tokyo, Jacque Rogge, International Olympic Committee, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Obama Copenhagen, Ioc, Pat Ryan, Olympics, Chicago News
Tom Tresser

We had penetrated the multiple rings of security, outfaced the bureaucracy of the International Olympic Committee and stood our ground to deliver information that the mayor, the 2016 Committee and the entire business elite of Chicago didn't want to see and didn't want to acknowledge.

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Court Clerk Charged With Taking Bribe To Sway Case

STNG | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Angelo Colon, County Clerk Bribe, Chicago Corruption, Cook County Corruption, Chicago News

As part of an ongoing investigation into financial corruption, a Cook County Circuit Court clerk was arrested Wednesday for allegedly accepting a brib...

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Burned by the IOC, But Not by Burnham: Lessons From the Collapse in Copenhagen

Andy Shaw | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Daniel Burnham, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Andy Shaw

With or without Daley at the helm, it's time to make some other big plans that have the power to stir all of our souls.

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Jim Argiropoulos, Top Public Safety Exec, Accused Of Burning $2.25M Of Taxpayer Cash In Scheme

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 11.29.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Jim Argiropoulos, Ron Huberman, Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Chicago OEMC, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News

The inspector general's office is recommending the firing of the No. 2 man at Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications for alleged ...

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How Will Chicago Top Beijing's Olympics? Easy!

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Politics, Olympics, Chicago, China Economy, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Corruption, Roland Burris, 2008 Olympics, Bucket Boys, Chicago Olympic Bid, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Craig

Let's show the world what Chicago culture is all about with some new events: Relay races with plain white envelope hand-offs. Blame volleyball. Synchronized aldermen.

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Six Aldermen Subpoenaed In Indicted Developer Case

Chicago Tribune | Todd Lighty and Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Aldermen Subpoenas, Calvin Boender Trial, Calvin Boender, Chicago Aldermen, Chicago Corruption, Ike Carothers, Chicago News

Lawyers for indicted developer Calvin Boender have served subpoenas on at least six Chicago aldermen in an effort to clear their client of fraud charg...

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Out Of Prison, Betty Loren-Maltese Plans Book On Chicago Corruption, Mob

Fox Chicago | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cicero Corruption, Betty Loren Maltese Book, Betty Loren-Maltese, Chicago Corruption, Cicero, Ed Vrdolyak, Chicago News

After nearly seven years behind bars, the first thing former Cicero town president Betty Loren-Maltese wanted when she got out was a cigarette....

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Chicago Clout: City Workers Turn Anti-Daley Grievances Into Song

Huffington Post | Posted 09.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Emery Joe Yost, Video, Chicago Clout, Daley Corruption, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Clout Meisters, Pat Mcdonough, Chicago News

A couple of city workers fed up with Mayor Daley and the rising cost of corruption have taken their anti-clout grievances to YouTube. The result is...

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Mayor Daley, Why? (Or Why Not?)

David Murray | Posted 08.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Paul Vallas, Corruption, Arne Duncan, Cynicism, Goo-Goos, Mayor Daley, Mike Royko, Ron Huberman, Chicago Politics, Corruption Fatigue, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News
David Murray

It's not that I'm sick of Mayor Daley. He's as entertaining as ever, and as much a confounding brew of political genius and moral vulgarity, animal intelligence and intellectual imbecility as he ever was.

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Jackson Lawyer Thomas Mesereau Defending Indicted Developer Calvin Boender

Chicago Sun-Times | NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Thomas Mesereau, Michael Jackson Lawyer, Calvin Boender, Chicago Corruption, Calvin Boender Defense, Chicago News

[I]ndicted Chicago developer Calvin Boender must have deep, diamond-studded pockets because he has somehow snagged Michael Jackson's onetime attorney ...

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Homero Tristan, Daley's Personnel Chief, Resigns Weeks After Lying Charge

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 08.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Political Hiring, Homero Tristan, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Daley Administration, David Hoffman, Chicago News

The top mayoral aide charged with implementing a city hiring system free of politics abruptly resigned today -- less than two weeks after the inspecto...

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Hypocrisy in Chicago Politics is Deafening

Ray Hanania | Posted 07.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Allison Davis, Paul Green, Andy Shaw, Mayor Daley, DV Urban Realty, Larry Dominick, Better Government Association, Robert Vanecko, Tony Rezko, Chicago Corruption, Daley Nephew City Pension Deals, Chicago News
Ray Hanania

This sordid pension fund investment is exactly the kind of scandal that should get every member of the pension boards fired, and Mayor Daley should not be given a pass.

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Indicted Alderman Isaac Carothers Pleads Not Guilty

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 07.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Carothers Plea, Calvin Boender, Ike Carothers, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

CHICAGO — The chairman of the Chicago City Council's police and fire committee pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he accepted home repair...

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Indicted, Cooperating Carothers Returns To City Council

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 07.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago City Council, Carothers Wire, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Chicago News

On Monday, indicted Ald. Isaac Carothers (29th) returned to City Hall for the first time since the Chicago Sun-Times disclosed that he, too, had worn ...

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ISAAC CAROTHERS INDICTMENT (READ IT)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Isaac Carothers Indictment, Patrick Fitzgerald, Chicago Corruption, Isaac Carothers, Carothers Charges, Carothers Corruption, Alderman Indicted, Ike Carothers, Chicago News

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald announced the indictments of Ald. Isaac "Ike" Carothers (29th) and real estate developer Calvin Boender on bribery an...

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Alderman Isaac 'Ike' Carothers Indicted On Federal Corruption Charges

Huffington Post | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Corruption, Ike Carothers Indictment, Chicago Politics, Ike Carothers, Isaac Carothers, Patrick Fitzgerald, Calvin Boender, Galewood Yards, Rsd Galewood, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- A Chicago alderman was indicted Thursday on federal fraud and bribery charges for allegedly accepting $40,000 in home improvements fro...

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

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Noelle Brennan, Chicago Hiring Monitor, Chicago Hiring Scandal, Chicago Patronage, Chicago Corruption, Chicago News

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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Isn't it Time to Let Abe Rest in Peace?

Andy Shaw | Posted 06.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Politics, Chicago Corruption, Paddy Bauler, Blagojevich Indictment, Better Government Association, Andy Shaw Bga, Chicago News
Andy Shaw

We are fighting an enemy armed with the power of incumbency, and the riches of unfettered fundraising to hold their ground at all costs.

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City-Subsidized Affordable Housing Units Being Flipped For Big Profits

Chicago Sun-Times | TIM NOVAK AND CHRIS FUSCO | Posted 06.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: University Village, Chicago Affordable Housing, Chicago Corruption, Maxwell Street Condos, Tifs, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Daley promised that one-fifth of the homes built as part of the massive makeover of the historic Maxwell Street market would be set aside as aff...

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Replacing Quigley on Cook County Board a Lesson in Democracy, Sort of

James Warren | Posted 05.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Kimberly Walz, Todd Stroger, Cook County Politics, Bridget Gainer, Mayor Daley, Tom Tunney, Mike Quigley, Marty Oberman, Cook County Board, Chicago Corruption, Chicago Politics, Cook County Corruption, Chicago News
James Warren

When a committee gathered Saturday to fill the Cook County Board vacancy created by spirited reformer Mike Quigley's ascension to the U.S. Congress, it was no surprise that talk of a fix was rampant.

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