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City hall ignored scam for 3 years
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | March 17, 2005 | CHRIS FUSCO, FRAN SPIELMAN AND MICHAEL SNEED

Posted on 03/17/2005 9:14:55 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

Two restaurants at O'Hare Airport have been allowed to rake in millions of dollars, even though the Daley administration learned back in 2002 that the company running them was probably a phony minority "front" for Panda Express and Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a top fund-raiser for Gov. Blagojevich. Crucial Inc. won the O'Hare concessions in part because it was certified as a minority-owned business. Its largest shareholder was listed as Jabir Herbert Muhammad, son of the late Nation of Islam founder, Elijah Muhammad.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: blagojevich; chicago; cityhall; contracts; daley; govwatch; ohare

1 posted on 03/17/2005 9:14:57 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

What corruption in CHicago, I am shocked!!!!!


2 posted on 03/17/2005 9:16:33 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Great - the Panda Express there was the best fast-food option available in O'Hare.


3 posted on 03/17/2005 9:27:02 AM PST by AzSteven
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan
..of course, NO political corruption is involved...after all, this is Chicago.
4 posted on 03/17/2005 10:12:13 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get you :^)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

So, they are saying that someone corrupted their system of race-based corruption?


5 posted on 03/17/2005 1:03:02 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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