Posted on 12/24/2016 8:57:38 PM PST by Olog-hai
An alderman indicted on corruption charges while he sat in a City Council meeting is merely the latest in a rogues’ gallery of elected officials to face such allegations in Chicago, a city that over the years became saddled with a national reputation for corruption.
Willie Cochran — who pleaded not guilty Friday to bribery, extortion and wire fraud charges — received word of his indictment last week while he sat in the City Hall chamber, fellow aldermen stopping by for hushed conversations.
According to Illinois corruption researchers Dick Simpson and Thomas Gradel, more than 30 Chicago aldermen have been convicted of crimes since 1973, most of them on bribery and extortion charges. …
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Accusing a Chicago alderman of being corrupt is like ...
charging the sea with ‘wetness’, a kettle with being black, a Progressive with being greedy...
Gangsters in government. Any bets half the entire lot is dirty? Surprise me! ;)
Seems like it would be more efficient to just accuse the ones who may not be corrupt.......of not being corrupt.
Blagojevitch needs a roommate.
Remember obama learned the trade in Chicago.
More than 1,000 public officials and businessmen in Illinois have been convicted of public corruption since 1970
“fellow aldermen stopping by for hushed conversations.” Snitches git stitches.
I’m assuming Willie Cochran is a conservative libertarian.
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