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Dart not doing his job
Sheriff Dart was not elected judge, jury, legislator or dictator. His job is to enforce the law. He does not have an option of choosing which laws to enforce and which to abrogate by fiat. He swore an oath when he took office to uphold and enforce the... -
It's their little secret
Last spring the Cook County Board created a high-powered independent panel for this purpose: to rescue and refashion the county's disastrously mismanaged public health system. After a brief burst of publicity, you haven't heard much about this panel of...Tags: Health Insurance, Budgets and Budgeting, Todd H. Stroger
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Playoff tickets no trouble for most politicians Cubs, Sox extend ticket offers to political circles Politicians guaranteed playoff winners Ticket game one in which political wheels know deal
Chicago Tribune reportersChicago may be the city that works. But when it comes to getting Cubs or Sox playoff tickets, this is the city that works the political angles better than any strategy Lou or Ozzie could devise between the foul lines. As die-hard fans scratch and claw to...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago Cubs, Michael Madigan, Financial Markets, Executive Branch
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Cozying up to Stroger
This is moving fast! Eighty-six days after the Cook County Board's much-hated sales tax hike took effect, taxpayers now need to wait just 496 more days to fire Board President Todd Stroger and the 10 other Democrats who continue to impose this increase....Tags: Elections, Todd H. Stroger, Real Estate Sales, Political Candidates, Sales
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Cook County to start paying awards in illegal political hiring, promotions
Chicago Tribune reporterCook County will pay more than $100,000 each to four victims of illegal political patronage as part of 108 awards announced Thursday by a court-appointed hiring monitor. Julia Nowicki awarded about $3 million to people who lost out on jobs and promotions...Tags: Judges, Employees, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Todd H. Stroger, Richard M. Daley
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Nepotism watch
So state Sen. Emil Jones wants his son to fill his seat. If he consults Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, it should be a done deal. —Mark C. Page Tinley ParkTags: Emil Jones, Tinley Park, Todd H. Stroger
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High school students get taste of politics – and partisanship
Chicago Tribune reporterThe 240 high school students who attended the Mikva Challenge at National-Louis University on Saturday came for a hands-on lesson in politics—and the candidates for Cook County state's attorney didn't disappoint. While Democrat Anita Alvarez gave...Tags: Dennis Kucinich, Corporate Crime, Todd H. Stroger, Political Candidates, Des Plaines
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McCain paints Obama as born of the Chicago Democratic machine
Tribune reportersRepublican presidential contender John McCain attacked rival Democrat Barack Obama Monday for being "born of the corrupt Chicago political machine" just as Illinois lawmakers approved a new ethics law driven by Obama's call for help from a powerful old...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Corporate Crime, George Ryan, Executive Branch, Tony Rezko
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Peraica's memory
In his letter to the editor Sept. 17, Tony Peraica displays a shocking ignorance of the workings of the office he wishes to run. Peraica claims that the state's attorney's office has been remiss for not prosecuting public corruption cases. It apparently...Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Trafficking, Prosecution, Corporate Crime
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Residents, roads still drenched
Chicago Tribune reportersMotorists trying to get home to Riverside wound through the near western suburbs in an irritated procession Monday. Flooding turned them back on Roosevelt Road in Forest Park; a pond stopped them where 1st Avenue had been in Brookfield. And if they tried...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Rivers, Jeff Long, Todd H. Stroger, Floods
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Cook County Board committee makes choice for inspector general
Chicago Tribune reporterCook County Board commissioners Tuesday backed hiring as their in-house corruption buster the same attorney who has defended them and Board President Todd Stroger against claims of illegal political hiring. Assistant State's Atty. Patrick Blanchard was...Tags: Todd H. Stroger, Employment
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