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Todd Stroger Gave CFO Jaye Williams A $54,000 Raise Without County Board Approval

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger handed a $54,000 raise to his chief financial officer, one of several recent salary sweeteners that prompted ...

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Mayor's Brother Calls Stroger Aide Contract Scandal A 'Disgrace'

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sounding a bit like his brother, the usually measured Cook County Commissioner John Daley called the unfolding contract scandal in County Board Presid...

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Stroger Tells Peraica 'You Don't Know When To Shut Up' (WATCH)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Things got a little testy at the Cook County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday. First, Commissioner Tony Peraica tried to make the point that pe...

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Stroger Calls Out Commissioners For Leaking Investigation Memo

Chicago Tribune | Dan P. Blake | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger today suggested that commissioners leaked a confidential letter about an investigation into his administratio...

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Prosecutors Subpoena Stroger Administration Financial Records

Chicago Tribune | Hal Dardick | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cook County prosecutors have recently subpoenaed 2008 financial records from the administration of County Board President Todd Stroger, the Tribune ha...

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County Board Strikes Deal For Partial Sales Tax Rollback

Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cook County commissioners hammered out a deal Monday to roll back half of the penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase pushed through a year ago....

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Media: Mediocrity or Meaning?

Jim Selman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Could it be that it is less costly to cover one story ad nauseum rather than maintain balance over a spectrum of relevant news?

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County Board Close To Deal On Partial Sales Tax Rollback: Crain's

Crain's Chicago Business | Greg Hinz | Posted 05.25.2011

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After months of extremely contentious debate, it looks like the Cook County Board finally is closing in on a deal to partially repeal the big sales ta...

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Top Daley Backer Hosting Stroger Re-Election Fundraiser

Chicago Sun-Times | LISA DONOVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's refusal to roll back the county sales tax has him at odds with Mayor Daley and his brother, County Commissi...

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Cook County Sales Tax Hike Could Be Completely Rolled Back: John Daley

Daily Herald | Rob Olmstead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Cook County Board Finance Chairman John Daley isn't making any promises, but he's considering signing on to a complete rollback of the 1 percent sales...

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