Illinois’s ‘Corruption Tax’ (est. $300M just for Chicago)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2218611/posts?page=4#4
Alexi Giannoulias: Not so transparent (Obama’s IL buddy)
Marathon Pundit ^ | 3-31-09
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2219378/posts?page=2
Just like that window from the Giannoulias family’s Broadway Bank on Chicago’s North Side, sometimes what you think is transparent is in fact not something you can easily see through.
Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, 32, is strongly considering a run for the Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Roland Burris.
Giannoulias, who prior to his election was a senior loan officer at the bank, had never voted in an election until his name was on the ballot, announced yesterday that he won’t be accepting campaign donations from corporate political action committees or federal lobbyists.
Big deal. Will Giannoulias forgo donations from union PACs? Or money from his family members, you know, the ones who own Broadway Bank?
About that bank: Almost half of the $7 million Giannoulias raised for his 2006 race came from “the Broadway family.”
And this is not just any bank: Broadway loaned millions to convicted mobster Michael “Jaws” Giorango
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