Candidate, Former SEC Chairman Bash Water Deal that Flushed $68 Million Down the Sewer
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District got a pasting last Thursday over a botched bond deal that cost Cook County area taxpayers $68 million.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 09.17.2009 | Chicago
One potential Democratic primary candidate in an already large field for the post of Cook County Board president announced today he won't make the lea...
Shawn Healy | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago
Todd Stroger intends to seek reelection, but it's hard to see him weathering an ultra-competitive primary with such shaky credentials.
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.27.2009 | Chicago
The race for the Cook County Board Presidency just got a little more crowded. Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown announced Friday that she...
Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago
Another big local name is considering running for Cook County Board president. U.S. Rep. Danny Davis is forming an exploratory committee to weigh a r...
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 07.21.2009 | Chicago
Getting caught with a small amount of marijuana would not automatically lead to arrest if a Cook County Commissioner gets her way. An ordinance propo...
Crain's Chicago Business | Posted 07.19.2009 | Chicago
In a major political surprise, Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool has decided not to run for County Board president in next year's election....
Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 05.24.2009 | Chicago
On a day when the Chicago Tribune revealed that Todd Stroger's version of the events leading up to his firing of patronage worker Tony Cole didn't mat...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.19.2009 | Chicago
Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin is calling on Board President Todd Stroger to resign following the abrupt departure of County Chief Financial...
Posted 12.12.2008 | Chicago
Cook County Commissioners are paid $85,000 per year in taxpayer-funded salary. But they also receive more than $1,200 a month in no-strings-attached ...
Chicago Sun-Times | Mark J. Konkol | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago
A band of Cook County Commissioners plan to introduce a proposal to create a so-called "circuit-breaker" fund that would give relief to low-income hom...
David Ormsby | Posted 11.11.2009 | Chicago