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...Stroger is expected to announce by week's end that he'll endorse his son Todd, a 43-year-old Chicago alderman, to replace him on the November ballot for the presidency, while recommending a close friend William Beavers, who also serves on the Chicago city council, to run for his seat on the Cook County Board. Currently, Stroger holds both positions himself, but under county rules, they may be occupied by two separate officeholders. "Todd Stroger has never been any kind of major player in the city council," noted Stewart. "It is essentially feudal law. The primogeniture system...
...resigns before the election, Stroger and his allies would be afraid that the Board would pick someone who might like the job and outmaneuver to beat Todd in November," says University of Illinois -Chicago political scientist Dick Simpson, who himself is a former Chicago alderman. That temporary replacement would likely have a familiar name himself: John Daley, the No. 2 most powerful member of the County Board and the brother of Mayor Richard Daley. "No one is breaking the rules as they're written here, but they are breaking faith with the Democratic process," Simpson says...
...officials could not be reached for comment yesterday. But Cambridge Councillor Denise E. Simmons told The Crimson earlier this month that she could “see Cambridge following in support” of the divestment movement. In New Haven, trustees on the board of each fund met with Alderman Nicholas Shalek and City Controller Mark Pietrosimone to determine the viability of divestment. “Both chairmen said this is something that [they] would fully support,” Pietrosimone said yesterday. Shalek, a Yale graduate of the Class of the 2005, first raised the issue of divestment, Pietrosimone...
...Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski was beset with new questions about alleged improper financial dealings. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that the Democrat's payroll included ghost employees who either did not work for him or had not done so in years. The wife of a Chicago alderman, for instance, reportedly received a salary for five years after quitting her job in 1987. Rostenkowski is already under investigation by a federal grand jury for allegedly trading free stamps for cash at the House Post Office and allegedly using campaign funds and his office account for cars...
...Amsterdam television station at5 conducted a poll about Job Cohen. Only 40% agreed that he was a hero - 60% disagreed. Maybe the real hero in the days after Theo van Gogh was killed was Cohen's ally, Alderman Ahmed Aboutaleb. Bert Knol Amsterdam...