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Accusations flew and tempers were raised Thursday night between Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones and City Council members. Second Ward Ald. Monet Wilson sent a message to the news media March 18 accusing Jones of having “disabled” her city email account. Wilson, the only woman on council, restated that belief multiple times Thursday during her opportunity to speak as chair of the Health, ...

Generations of Chicagoans accustomed to grimy politics might view former Ald. Ed Burke’s federal racketeering conviction last week as just another case in a long conga line of crooked aldermen. But Burke was an undisputed Democratic kingpin. He not only set a record for serving 54 years in the City Council, but he departed in May as the last alderman who rose to power in the era of Mayor ...

In an undated letter addressed to residents of the Calumet City’s 2nd Ward, Mayor Thaddeus Jones announced he is appointing two city employees to be the ward’s “community liaisons.” But in a responding letter sent Thursday to the city’s slew of legal advisers, 2nd Ward Ald. Monet Wilson said this appointment usurps her duties as the elected representative and she threatened legal action if the ...

Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones prevents aldermen from meeting with city employees and attempted to override a program the City Council already agreed to fund, three separate email chains obtained by the Daily Southtown show. First Ward Ald. Michael Navarrete sent an email Sept. 12 to set up a time to meet with Calumet City’s economic development director Donald Alesky and Valencia Williams, ...

A Calumet City alderman said his consulting business has suffered after Mayor Thaddeus Jones, who is also a state representative, sent an email to Democratic colleagues urging them to cease doing business with him. The email advised other legislators not to use the services of 1833 Group, the consulting company run by 6th Ward Ald. James “JR” Patton. Patton said he lost three clients from the ...