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By Hannah Meisel
* First there’s this Sun-Times story (don’t miss the photo or its caption)…
Cicero town president pulled into primary rival’s election suit against Madigan
An unlikely figure is surfacing in a federal lawsuit that accuses House Speaker Mike Madigan of winning elections by recruiting “sham” candidates to dilute the opposition vote:
Cicero Town President Larry Dominick.
And it apparently hasn’t been easy for unsuccessful Madigan primary challenger Jason Gonzales to pull Dominick into the heated case.
According to a motion filed Thursday, a man who tried to deliver a subpoena to get Dominick to sit for a deposition said he wound up being arrested by Cicero Police and left shivering in a room with the air conditioning cranked up — after he had been forced to remove his shirt.
There’s a lot more weirdness deeper in the story.
* Then there are these two dispatches from the Trib’s Jason Meisner…
In today’s “Only in Cook County” lesson: Jurors are hearing evidence that the judge who convicted Jacques Rivera for a 1988 murder after an allegedly corrupt Chicago cop framed him was himself under federal investigation for taking bribes to fix murder cases while on the bench.
— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) June 13, 2018
A federal judge just denied Chicago Ald. Willie Cochran's motion to dismiss extortion and bribery charges. In doing so, the judge cited an appellate case with a familiar ring to it: U.S. v. Arenda Troutman — Cochran's predecessor as 20th Ward aldie who went to prison for bribery
— Jason Meisner (@jmetr22b) June 14, 2018
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Jun 15, 18 @ 2:48 pm
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That Cicero story is just chock full of people I don’t want to root for.
Comment by Ron Burgundy Friday, Jun 15, 18 @ 2:56 pm
Ron Burgundy, spot on. The full story is worth a read, tho.
Comment by Arthur Andersen Friday, Jun 15, 18 @ 3:03 pm
Right on Ron.
Comment by Anonymous Friday, Jun 15, 18 @ 3:03 pm
Sometimes I just don’t want to admit I live in Cook County (or Crook County as those of us who live here refer to it).
Comment by NeverPoliticallyCorrect Friday, Jun 15, 18 @ 3:04 pm
–According to a motion filed Thursday, a man who tried to deliver a subpoena to get Dominick to sit for a deposition said he wound up being arrested by Cicero Police and left shivering in a room with the air conditioning cranked up —–
Too much AC? Cicero ain’t what it used to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnS49c9KZw8
Comment by wordslinger Friday, Jun 15, 18 @ 3:46 pm