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Ex-Chicago Public Schools leader charged with corruption
yahoo News ^ | Oct 08, 2015 | MICHAEL TARM

Posted on 10/08/2015 11:29:48 AM PDT by detective

The former CEO of Chicago Public Schools was indicted on corruption charges Thursday in an alleged bribery and kickback scheme to steer $20 million worth of no-bid contracts to education companies.

Barbara Byrd-Bennett was indicted about four months after she resigned amid the investigation into the contract was between the district and SUPES Academy, a training academy where she once worked as a consultant. She was appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to lead the nation' third-largest school district in 2012

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: bluezones; chicago; corruptdems; corruption; cultureofcorruption; education; illinois; schoolboard
"Byrd-Bennett, a longtime educator, took a paid leave of absence in April following reports that federal investigators were looking into the contract."

Emanuel appointed her in 2012. She stole millions for three years and nothing happened. Then, finally, the Feds got involved.

1 posted on 10/08/2015 11:29:48 AM PDT by detective
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To: detective

My kind of town Chicago is ...... Barak Obama


2 posted on 10/08/2015 11:30:54 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/09/business/dealbook/imf-economies-lima-china-turkey-brazil.html)
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To: detective

Chicago???? I’m SCHOCKED. A DEMOCRAT even MORE shocked./s


3 posted on 10/08/2015 11:32:09 AM PDT by bikerman (2015 new motto--- slugs for thugs.)
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To: detective

Why don’t they just save time and file corruption charges against all Chicago public officials as soon as they are elected?


4 posted on 10/08/2015 11:32:18 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: detective

Wasn’t she going to run for city mayor against Rhambo last year?


5 posted on 10/08/2015 11:32:24 AM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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To: detective

Do we need a picture , NOPE


6 posted on 10/08/2015 11:33:45 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: detective

The purpose of the Democrat Party is to elect thieves to office so that they have access to the public treasuries in order to loot them.


7 posted on 10/08/2015 11:35:36 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: blueunicorn6

Typical “educator”. Typical. “For the children...”, you know.


8 posted on 10/08/2015 11:36:51 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: butlerweave

Yes, we need a picture. Pictures are necessary until people finally accept the fact that “Our Diversity Is Our Disaster.”


9 posted on 10/08/2015 11:37:21 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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no I mean we already know ,it’s Chicago after all


10 posted on 10/08/2015 11:39:45 AM PDT by butlerweave
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Do we need a picture , NOPE

This is nothing new. When I attended a community college in Oakland in the early 1970s, it was common knowledge among the staff and students that the black college president and his son was fencing stolen college property out of their garage on weekends. Ultimately, they were arrested.

This was during a time when affirmative action was the new rage, with the wholesale appointments of "people of color" to managerial positions with or without any qualifications.

And it continues today, in spite of the disastrous consequences. So when I see a headline about this type of corruption, I immediately assume it's another case of back door reparations. I'm very rarely wrong.

11 posted on 10/08/2015 11:43:35 AM PDT by Tigerized (Your Personal Safety is Yours, and Yours Alone. Aim Small, Miss Small.)
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--Do we need a picture , NOPE

Ah, what the heck...SURPRIZE!


12 posted on 10/08/2015 11:44:23 AM PDT by JPG (What's the difference between the Rats and the GOPe? Nothing.)
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To: JPG; Lazmataz

Laz would hit it


13 posted on 10/08/2015 11:56:14 AM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Hope the holland tunnel gets the makeover I suggested.)
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To: detective
 
 
Another hyphenated name queen goes down in flames.
 
 

14 posted on 10/08/2015 11:57:20 AM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: detective

15 posted on 10/08/2015 11:59:37 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (<i>)
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To: detective
At one period of time she was head of Cleveland Public Schools too. Did a mediocre job for a massive salary and bonuses, and left suddenly when someone started asking questions about the money.
16 posted on 10/08/2015 12:48:41 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Hot Tabasco

LOL


17 posted on 10/08/2015 1:01:30 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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Chicago? Corruption? You gotta be kidding! (/sarcasm)


18 posted on 10/08/2015 1:18:42 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: bikerman

And in other breaking news...

Water is wet.
The sky is blue.
And the Mafia is not a kind-hearted non-profit organization for Italian American males.


19 posted on 10/08/2015 2:30:33 PM PDT by Roger Kaputnik (Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
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To: Roger Kaputnik

LOL! I love poetry.


20 posted on 10/08/2015 2:32:50 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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