$8 Million In Contracts Called Into Question (AP) CHICAGO A Chicago official steered $8 million in park district work at the showcase Millennium Park and elsewhere to business executives who showered her with $137,000 in cash, gifts and free vacations, federal prosecutors alleged in an indictment made public Thursday. Shirley McMayon, 47, the Chicago Park District's former director of natural resources, was charged in the 12-count fraud indictment along with Michael Lowecki, 45, of Libertyville, owner of James Michael Inc., and John Kevin Haas, 56, of Gurnee, the company's former chief operating officer. "The defendants in this case used the...