WASTE MANAGEMENT HAULS LOAD OF CLOUT
In 1983, state trooper John Roggeveen began pulling Waste Management Inc.`s giant trash-hauling rigs off to the side of the Calumet Expressway and slapping them with costly tickets for exceeding...
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MOLE AND `PUPPET` KEPT BUSY BETWEEN ARRESTS
Michael Raymond, the undercover informant in a federal investigation of Chicago corruption, once plotted to steal money from Rev. Jesse Jackson`s presidential campaign by posing as a high-rolling political fundraiser,...
WASTE FIRM COURTED CLOUT
Waste Management Inc., the giant garbage disposal company that has long held public contracts in Chicago and its suburbs, often gave expensive gifts to politicians and flew Ald. Edward Vrdolyak...
JUDGE TELLS SOME POLLS TO CLOSE LATE
A Cook County Circuit Court judge ordered polling places in 43 Chicago precincts to remain open for two additional hours Tuesday, but ruled that ballots cast late in 24 of...
EX-PROSECUTOR QUITS CITY HALL PROBE
Thomas Sullivan, the former federal prosecutor whose appointment as special counsel brought credibility to an internal investigation of suspected City Hall corruption, will not work on the inquiry because of...
MAYOR MAY CALL COUNCIL INTO CORRUPTION PROBE
The Washington administration is considering asking the Chicago City Council to set up an independent commission directed by former prosecutor Thomas Sullivan to investigate suspected corruption in city government, a...
EX-PROSECUTOR BOWS OUT AS CITY HALL INVESTIGATOR
Thomas Sullivan, the former federal prosecutor whose appointment as special counsel brought credibility to an internal investigation of suspected City Hall corruption, will not work on the inquiry because of...
Probe reveals McClain kept his clout
In 1984, as Chicago officials were trying to choose a firm for a lucrative parking-ticket collections contract, Clarence McClain and two private consultants on municipal collections held a private meeting...
PROBE REVEALS MCCLAIN KEPT HIS CLOUT
In 1984, as Chicago officials were trying to choose a firm for a lucrative parking-ticket collections contract, Clarence McClain and two private consultants on municipal collections held a private meeting...
MAYOR SAYS MCCLAIN OUT
Mayor Harold Washington said Tuesday that Clarence McClain, the controversial former aide who has boasted about his ties to the mayor, is no longer a close friend or adviser. ''He...