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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151567/posts
“COOK COUNTY | Commissioner denies influence
December 19, 2008
BY MARK J. KONKOL Cook County Reporter
Federal authorities have launched a probe into Cook County Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno’s push to get his pal and political supporter, Ronald Garcia, a piece of a multimillion-dollar hospital system billing contract, sources said.
The U.S. attorney’s office wants to know more about Moreno’s role in lobbying Georgia-based Med Assets Inc. to hire Garcia’s firm, Chicago Medical Equipment and Supply, as a minority subcontractor.”
Are the two Related?
Nov 18, 2008 ... Last week, Obama named Jonathan Moreno, a professor of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania, to head up bioethics efforts. ...
President’s Council on Bioethics Review Team Lead
Jonathan D. Moreno is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor of Ethics and Professor of Medical Ethics and of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a secondary appointment as Professor of Philosophy. ....