For the uninitiated, he's been the virtual "godfather" of Northwest Indiana politics for at least forty years.
Just damn.
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Posted on 05/14/2004 6:12:10 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
(Hammond-AP) -- The son of long-time East Chicago Mayor Robert Pastrick pleaded guilty today to making kickbacks in a corruption scandal.
Kevin Pastrick filed a petition in U-S District Court to change his earlier innocent plea to guilty on seven counts in an indictment.
As part of the deal, federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence at the low end of the range Pastrick faces on the counts.
Pastrick is a real estate developer. The indictment says he got a 600-thousand-dollar commission from a 1999 land deal.
He allegedly paid a 200-thousand dollar kickback to former state Democratic Party Chairman Peter Manous and 45-thousand-dollars to Gerry Nannenga, executive treasurer-secretary of the Indiana Regional Council of Carpenters.
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The only difference that I can see between this case and the traditional Chicago machine is that someone forgot to pay the federal prosecutor.
For the uninitiated, he's been the virtual "godfather" of Northwest Indiana politics for at least forty years.
Just damn.
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I grew up a couple of miles south of EC. It's nice to know some things never change...
Perp Photo Please!
Peter Manous, soon-to-be jailbird, former chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party.
Is he the lonely chub in the background?
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