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Buying off the Boss
Employees in Illinois are found to give political contributions to candidates that may be their future employer.
Tags: Cook County State Attorney; patronage; lobbyist; Anita Alvarez; Tony Peraica;
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Debate as rare as 'no' votes on Cook County Board
This investigation found that Cook County Commissioners say they have little power as individuals, and have no defined, specific responsibilities. Many say most of the items that come before them are routine "housekeeping" matters. The board passed every one of the thousands of items that came before it in the last three years, and lobbying and back-room compromises often took the place of open debate and negotiation. The commissioners also defend practices of county leaders hiring friends and political associates.
Tags: Cook County; budget; County Clerk; treasurer; sheriff; state attorney; county finances; Cook County Board; county commissioners; finance committee; Cook County Sheriff's Department; Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee; Illinois Open Meetings Act; Department of Public Health
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Jack O'Malley has been called the "Golden Boy" of the Republican Party in Illinois. The Cook County State's Attorney has been seen as a clean-cut fighter of crime--and mentioned frequently as a sure bet for highter state or national office. But Unit 5 found another side to Jack O'Malley: An atmosphere in his office--and in his campaign committee--of suspicion and paranoia. A disgruntled former employee of O'Malley's came forward to Unit 5 with startling revelations of the activities in O'Malley's county office and his campaign, including political espionage, misuse of county funds for political purposes, and politically motivated hirings and firings, September - October 1994.
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Inside Greylord
Chicago Tribune Magazine tracks the undercover experience of an assistant state's attorney who went undercover in Operation Greylord, which exposed widespread and flagrant corruption in the Cook County court system.
Tags: judges; bribery; criminal justice; courts