The Chicago Sun-Times features on its Sunday front page an article about federal law enforcement agents putting intense investigatory efforts into how the governor and his wife Patti paid for a $90,000 addition to the Chicago home. They are keying … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tony Rezko
More folks are picking up on Barack Obama’s failure to fight Illinois corruption when he was in the state senate. The most devastating to date is probably a Saturday Night Live skit this past weekend. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday … Continue reading
More folks are picking up on Barack Obama’s failure to fight Illinois corruption when he was in the state senate. The most devastating to date is probably a Saturday Night Live skit this past weekend. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday … Continue reading
Springfield Sun-Times Bureau Chief Dave McKenney knows his Illinois crooks. And their connections. Know what jumped to his mind when he heard that our Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama selected fellow Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware)? Joe Cari. The guy who … Continue reading
Springfield Sun-Times Bureau Chief Dave McKenney knows his Illinois crooks. And their connections. Know what jumped to his mind when he heard that our Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama selected fellow Senator Joe Biden (D-Delaware)? Joe Cari. The guy who … Continue reading
Yesterday, I went to the Chicago Sun-Times web site to see what was there about Rod Blagojevich fund raiser Tony Rezko’s corruption convictions. Imagine my surprise when an ad with a panda in the center popped up over the links … Continue reading
Yesterday, I went to the Chicago Sun-Times web site to see what was there about Rod Blagojevich fund raiser Tony Rezko’s corruption convictions. Imagine my surprise when an ad with a panda in the center popped up over the links … Continue reading
I’m sure I have mentioned before that admitted felon Stuart Levine, of Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital shake down fame, was the biggest lifetime contributor to 2002 Republican candidate for governor Jim Ryan. Levine was a crooked so corrupt that people … Continue reading
I’m sure I have mentioned before that admitted felon Stuart Levine, of Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital shake down fame, was the biggest lifetime contributor to 2002 Republican candidate for governor Jim Ryan. Levine was a crooked so corrupt that people … Continue reading
In phone records this time. Here is what the Chicago Tribune is reporting on its internet site, in a 4-28-8, 2:32 PM post, story I just noticed: ”FBI agent Charles Willenborg, who already testified earlier in the trial, is now … Continue reading
In phone records this time. Here is what the Chicago Tribune is reporting on its internet site, in a 4-28-8, 2:32 PM post, story I just noticed: ”FBI agent Charles Willenborg, who already testified earlier in the trial, is now … Continue reading
As the only state representative since the memory of anyone in the Legislative Reference Bureau, as of 1974, to file an impeachment resolution, I think it’s time for another one. The Ali Ata guilty plea agreement implicates the governor seriously … Continue reading
As the only state representative since the memory of anyone in the Legislative Reference Bureau, as of 1974, to file an impeachment resolution, I think it’s time for another one. The Ali Ata guilty plea agreement implicates the governor seriously … Continue reading
Woodstock lawyer-lobbyist Jeff Ladd finished his testimony on Monday and didn’t say enough new to make the nightly TV news. He ended Thursday’s time on the witness by admitting he was a “Lobbyist” with a “capital ‘L’” and that he … Continue reading
Woodstock lawyer-lobbyist Jeff Ladd finished his testimony on Monday and didn’t say enough new to make the nightly TV news. He ended Thursday’s time on the witness by admitting he was a “Lobbyist” with a “capital ‘L’” and that he … Continue reading
At Thursday’s session of the government’s case against Rod Blagojevich fund raiser and influence peddler Tony Rezko concluded, McHenry County’s own Jeff Ladd was on the stand being led through his political history. Monday morning when the trial resumes, the … Continue reading
At Thursday’s session of the government’s case against Rod Blagojevich fund raiser and influence peddler Tony Rezko concluded, McHenry County’s own Jeff Ladd was on the stand being led through his political history. Monday morning when the trial resumes, the … Continue reading
In the Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital fight, Woodstock attorney and former Metra chairman Jeff Ladd was, of course, on Centegra’s side. Centegra had been dealt a losing hand. Ladd had apparently convinced Governor Jim Edgar and Senate President Pate Philip … Continue reading
Associated Press is reporting that Governor Jim Edgar appointed Tony Rezko to the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in 1998, near the end of his term. The GOP-controlled state senate rejected it, along with 100+ others because they wanted incoming … Continue reading
In the Crystal Lake Mercy Hospital fight, Woodstock attorney and former Metra chairman Jeff Ladd was, of course, on Centegra’s side. Centegra had been dealt a losing hand. Ladd had apparently convinced Governor Jim Edgar and Senate President Pate Philip … Continue reading