speaking of accessory -
I submitted a concern to my employer regarding Dishonest/Unethical Conduct via a 'Speak Up' program offered by my company that allows employees to express such concerns without fear of retaliation.
Several months after submitting this concern I saw that there is an indictment directed at certain high ranking past Illinois officials and happens to include my employer as one of the companies these officials are accused of receiving illegal money from.
The 'concern' I submitted to management expressed my observation that certain groups of individuals including those directly associated with our State of Illinois and local government strategic outsourcing practice seemed to have a vested interest in my cooperating with redevelopment plans for my Chicago neighborhood by vacating my property (along the lakefront in South Chicago). I expressed the possibility that the State of Illinois was using its sizable contracts with our company as leverage to cause managers of the group to apply pressure. In addition to my company and I noticed that Chicago Department of Water, CPD, CFD, Bank One, RCN, Prime Group, Sears, Peoples Gas and SBC and other entities also seem to be interested in the outcome to the 'acquisition' of this lakefront area.
My feeling is that there are investments made by these large entities, perhaps with pension funds, which have some dependency of the outcome of the 'project' slated for the South Chicago Lakefront
You've heard about the tollway concession contracts managed by one of Blagojevich's bigger campaign contributers (from Los Angeles)? they claim the contracts are 'private contracts' not subject to public disclosure because they were arranged by the 'consulting' company and not the tollway authority directly.
You also heard about the Fed judge in chicago whose wife works for the firm representing a racketeering defendant who is appearing before him? He refuses to recuise himself and somebody at the US attorney's office leaked the info to the press.
I wish Chicago would be placed under Federal receivership until clean elections can be held.