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The ordinance is about as politically rotten and self-serving as it gets — a bid by elected officials to use tax dollars and the law to chase away political rivals. This and other shenanigans illustrate how the southern suburbs have been plagued by corruption and bad government for decades.
The former mayor of Harvey, Illinois, allegedly turned a blind eye to prostitution operating out of a local strip club in exchange for money, a case that resulted in the ex-official's brother being convicted this week for his role in what federal prosecutors said was a yearslong scheme.
The former mayor of Harvey, Ill., demanded thousands in monthly payments from a strip club to allow it to stay open, federal prosecutors said.
Arnie's Idle Hour in Harvey, Illinois , population 18,000 near Chicago , made the payments starting in 2003 so it could provide illegal prostitution services, otherwise it would be shut down.