Posted on 10/18/2009 8:02:28 PM PDT by fiscon1
The Democratic primary will be bloody. It will take no great political prognostication to figure that out. Todd Stroger, the encumbent, is vulnerable and the Democrats know it. That's why there are no fewer than four challengers ready to take him on. Stroger is best known for sticking the County with the highest sales tax in the country. Local news stations have featured stories of cushy jobs going to friends and family. Then, there's the story of Tony Cole. Cole was his basketball playing buddy when Stroger offered him a job in the County. Not three months into his tenure, Cole was promoted. No one seemed to notice that Cole had a long rap sheet. They did notice, however, when Cole, while working for the County, was arrested not once but twice. On one occasion, Stroger's cousin Donna Dunnings, and then CFO of Cook County, used her own personal credit card to bail out Cole. I could go on and on listing Stroger scandals but hopefully the audience gets the idea.
(Excerpt) Read more at theeprovocateur.blogspot.com ...
Cook County politics, it just doesn’t get any stranger than this:
http://thecapitolfaxblog.com/2010/01/12/rush-to-endorse-stroger-and-other-cook-county-campaign-news/
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I stopped reading there. Seems no one uses proofreaders these days. :(
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