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They lease public property to businesses. Many don’t pay their taxes. And the government landlords do little to monitor this, even when the law requires it, a Sun-Times investigation finds.
With a passel of endorsements and big campaign bucks, former Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias once appeared well on his way to front-runner status. What a difference a couple of weeks make.
CHICAGO — An Illinois state judge affirmed the election board’s dismissal of a complaint alleging a violation of the Campaign Disclosure Act by the 25th Ward Regular Democratic Organization. The legal fees paid by the committee on behalf of a candidate were not a personal debt, but rather fees incurred in defense of allegations of public corruption predicated on his status as a public official.
Washington Federal Bank for Savings, 2869 S. Archer Ave., was shut down in December 2017 for “unsafe or unsound practices” days after its president and chief executive officer, John F. Gembara, was found dead at a bank customer’s home. A federal audit uncovered an $82.6 million fraud at the bank. Google street view In the summer of 2017, a Chicago accounting firm with political connections gave Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Bridgeport a clean bill of health in the yearly audit required by federal bank regulators. They ultimately found more than $82 million in suspicious loans ...