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Quinn Lands Endorsements, Jabs With Hynes Over Blago Ties

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 11.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Governor Race, Pat Quinn, Dick Mell, Illinois Governor 2010, Dan Hynes, John Fritchey, Ira Silverstein, Quinn Hynes, Lou Lang, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago News

Updated The fierce intra-party feuding between Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes reached a new pitch Friday after Quinn announced his latest s...

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Daley: Casino On Olympic Village Site 'Unacceptable'

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 10.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Casino, Michael Reese Olympic Village, Mayor Daley, Michael Reese Hospital, Dick Mell, George Cardenas, Chicago Olympic Village, Michael Reese Hospital Casino, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley said today he is opposed to the idea floated by two aldermen to put a land-based casino where the city had hoped to build an Olymp...

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Aldermen: Turn Planned Olympic Village Site Into Casino

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Michael Reese Olympic Village, Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago Casino, Chicago Olympic Village, Dick Mell, George Cardenas, Michael Reese Hospital Casino, Chicago News

Two alderman are floating the idea of putting a casino and theater complex where Chicago had hoped to build an Olympic Village for the 2016 Summer Gam...

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Sales Tax Rollback Stands A Chance After Mell Reversal

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 09.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Cook County Sales Tax, Dick Mell, Cook County Sales Tax Repeal, Richard Mell, Cook County Sales Tax Rollback, Todd Stroger, Chicago News

It turns out there may yet be a new Cook County commissioner in time for a key vote next Tuesday on rolling back the sales tax increase supported by b...

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Daley Touts Wal-Mart As Store Proposal Moves In City Council

Chicago Tribune | Posted 08.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dick Mell, Wal Mart Chicago Stores, Chicago Big Box Ordinance, Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart Chicago, Mayor Daley, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley and officials with Wal-Mart appeared at a green jobs news conference today, so it was inevitable that talk would turn to Wal-Mart'...

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Pay To Play: New Man in Springfield

Elizabeth Brackett | Posted 06.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Michael Ascaridis, Bradley Tusk, Charles Wheeler, Michael Madigan, Mike Madigan, Pay to Play, Judy Baar Topinka, Dick Mell, Jesse White, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Book, Chicago News
Elizabeth Brackett

Standing in the governor's office, toe to toe with Blagojevich, Jesse White fumed, "Governor, for whatever you think of [former governor] George Ryan... I've known him for thirty years. He never lied to me once. You've lied to me 15 times in six months."

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Patti Blagojevich Prepping For Reality Show With Yoga, Pre-Cooking Family Meals

AP | Posted 06.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Patti Blagojevich Reality Show, Rod Blagojevich, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Blagojevich Reality Show, Dick Mell, Patti Blagojevich, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich says she's getting ready for her stint on reality TV by doing yoga and cooking meals for ...

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Blagojevich, Burris and a Few Broken Hands

Alden Loury | Posted 04.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Politics, Pat Quinn, Rod Blagojevich, Michael Madigan, Mobsters, Political Corruption, Roland Burris, Dick Mell, Illinois Politics, Illinois Corruption, Blagojevich Scandal, Harlem Nights, Chicago News
Alden Loury

We have a long track record of political disasters in this state, and the folks on the inside need to be taught that the people of Illinois have had enough. We don't need more promises of reform.

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Feds Questioning Alderman Mell's Paid Work For Blair Hull's 2004 Senate Bid Done Through Burris Associate

Chicago Sun-Times | CHRIS FUSCO, DAVE MCKINNEY, TIM NOVAK AND NATASHA KORECKI | Posted 04.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Fred Lebed Burris, Roland Burris Investigation, Mell Hull, Fred Lebed, Roland Burris, Dick Mell, Blair Hull, Blagojevich Pay to Play, Chicago News

It was widely known that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's father-in-law, Ald. Richard Mell (33rd), was supporting wealthy businessman Blair Hull in the U...

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Blagojevich Considered Resignation, Despite Saying Otherwise: Father-In-Law

Chicago Sun-Times | Chris Fusco And Annie Sweeney | Posted 03.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich Lies, Blagojevich Conviction, Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Resignation, Dick Mell, Blagojevich Hypocrisy, Blagojevich Impeachment, Blago Resign, Chicago News

Contrary to public statements he's made, Rod Blagojevich contemplated resigning as governor shortly before the Illinois Senate voted to boot him from ...

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Race For Emanuel Seat About Trust Not Change: Carol Marin

Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Congressional Race, John Fritchey, Rahm Emanuel, Pat O'Connor, Dick Mell, Rahm Emanuel Replacement, Justin Oberman, Il-5, Illinois Fifth District Race, Mike Quigley, Sara Feigenholtz, Charles Wheelan, Carol Marin, Chicago News

Barack Obama's message of hope and change has been shouted down in Illinois by the horror of a craven governor, by the egotistical opportunism of our ...

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Burris Celebrated By City Council: He 'Untainted The Process'

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Burris Tainted, Anthony Beale, Ed Smith, Video, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris, Dick Mell, Roland Burris Senate, Burris Untainted, Roland Burris City Council, Chicago News

On the cusp of being sworn in as the junior senator from Illinois, Roland Burris spent nearly an hour soaking in accolades at City Hall Tuesday. The ...

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Patti Blagojevich Apologizes To Neighbors For 'Media Barrage'

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Rod Blagojevich, Blagojevich Corruption, Patti Blagojevich Letter, Patti Blagojevich Note, Ravenswood, Blagojevich Scandal, Dick Mell, Blagojevich Media Barrage, Patti Blagojevich Neighbors Letter, Patti Blagojevich Apology, Patti Blagojevich, Chicago News

Illinois First Lady Patti Blagojevich attempted to placate neighbors upset over the media invasion that has followed Gov. Blagojevich's arrest on fede...

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Patti Blagojevich's Family Defend Tarnished Illinois First Lady (VIDEO)

Chicago Sun-Times | Carol Marin and Chris Fusco | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Video, Deb Mell, Rod Blagojevich, Patti Blagojevich Family, Blagojevich Family Interview, Dick Mell, Patricia Blagojevich, Blagojevich Family, Rich Mell, Deborah Mell, Patti Blagojevich, Chicago News

Lady Macbeth. Carmela Soprano. Potty mouth. Patti Blagojevich is not any of those, her family said Wednesday. "That is absolutely not my sister," De...

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Dick Mell: The Man Who Made Blagojevich

Chicago Reader | Ben Joravsky | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Patti Mell, Dick Mell, Blagojevich Mell, Richard Mell, Rod Blagojevich Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Patti Blagojevich, Blago Mell, Chicago News

At the risk of sounding like Freud, none of this would have happened had Governor Blagojevich not lost sight of who he was or where he came from or, m...

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Blagojevich Described As A "Sociopath" In February Magazine Profile

Chicago Magazine | David Bernstein | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich Psychology, Jack Franks, Blagojevich Corruption, Blagojevich Mell, Rod Blagojevich, Dick Mell, Blagojevich Sociopath, Blagojevich Chicago Magazine, Blagojevich Insane, Chicago News

Early on the January morning on which Rod Blagojevich was first sworn in as the 40th governor of Illinois, his father-in-law, the powerful Northwest S...

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