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"It may not be that Harris learned to break the law while he was at city hall, but there was a lot of lawbreaking going on while he was there," said Jay Stewart, head of the watchdog group Better Government Association. "That experience had to come from somewhere."
In fact, some local politicos even considered Harris a spy for Daley in Blagojevich's office. But the criminal complaint, which paints Harris as the chief executioner of Blagojevich's schemes to squeeze the Tribune Co. and Children's Memorial Hospital for contributions or other political favors, among others, suggests...
Still, some observers, including Dick Simpson, a former alderman and current head of the political science department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said a Harris arrest could create some butterflies along LaSalle Street.
"Blagojevich brought him over because he thought with a guy like Harris, maybe Blagojevich would be able to govern like Daley," Simpson said. "City hall, I doubt, is the main thrust of this current investigation, but they may be able to backtrack into city hall if Harris starts to trade...
Still, the mayor expressed embarrassment at how widespread the corruption had become and how close it had come to sullying his reputation for turning Chicago into a thriving cosmopolitan city by spurring economic development, reducing crime and trying to reform public housing and education. The probe was led by none...