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...shouldn't come as any surprise that, in the wake of the shocking allegations against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, observers almost immediately evoked the Windy City's rich, colorful history of corruption. But after a couple of days Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, the son of the man synonomous with cronyism and backroom Chicago politics, wasn't about to let the comparisons go unchallenged. At a Wednesday press conference, a subdued Daley, who is bidding to land the 2016 Summer Olympics, went out of his way to distance himself and his city from the stain of the burgeoning scandal...
...feds, not the pundits - has suggested that Daley, who said Harris was "a very good employee" under his watch, would be swept up in the current probe. In fact, the mayor and the governor have had a well-known, long-standing political schism. But it does create some unease on the fifth floor of city hall, a suite that Harris got to know quite well before he was rejected for the position of Daley's chief of staff in 2005, prompting his jump from the city to the state payroll...
...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 other than Patrick Fitzgerald, the same prosecutor who announced the complaint against Blagojevich and Harris...
...Obama would seek a U.S. Senate seat in 2004, Jackson was among the Illinois state senator's most vigorous supporters. Jackson's support of many local candidates for city office may have reflected his plans to lay the groundwork for a potential challenge to Richard Daley, the city's mayor for nearly three decades. But after Obama was elected President, a U.S. Senate seat was suddenly available. (See TIME's top 10 scandals...
...like a tornado coming - no one wants it coming to our community," says Bob Barber, administrator of the town of Beecher (pop. less than 2,500), about an hour's drive south of Chicago. The identities of Jackson's chief opponent and ally on the project are interesting: Mayor Daley is against it; Blagojevich backs...