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Also, civic reputations have a long half-life. Chicago has had wondrous architecture for years, but it is still identified with Mob wars and the sort of political machine that urges its followers to vote early and often. If Dan Rostenkowski happened to be from Cleveland, would commentators on his fall have said that he couldn't shake the Cleveland way of doing things...
Even in disgrace, Dan Rostenkowski, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has managed to leave his influential imprint. During two years of aggressive court challenges that led up to Rostenkowski's plea bargain last week, his lawyers blazed a trail of legal precedents that could significantly benefit future suspected congressional culprits. One decision makes it more difficult to prosecute breaches of less-than-crystal-clear congressional rules; it has already been used to throw out charges against former Ohio Representative Mary Rose Oakar for writing bad checks to the now defunct House bank. Another Rosty precedent...
SENTENCED. DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, 68, dethroned chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee; to 17 months in prison and $100,000, for two counts of mail fraud; in Washington. After "Rosty'' pleaded guilty, he stood outside the federal courthouse acting as if he had just been acquitted. Admitting his felonies "could technically be viewed by a jury as a violation of certain laws," an unrepentant Rostenkowski insisted, "I have served my constituents with dignity, honor and integrity...
...found ways to spend the money. He has consistently led all other Congress members in the amount his campaign spends on meals--$70,913 during the 1992 election cycle, according to Dwight Morris, co-author of The Handbook of Campaign Spending. (His nearest competition was renowned steakhouse habitue Dan Rostenkowski, who spent $28,734.) And Shuster's campaign travel budget has ranked near the top among House members, although his district is a mere two-hour drive from Washington by way of a four-lane stretch of highway officially designated the Bud Shuster Byway...
Inside the 32nd Democratic ward headquarters in Chicago, Nancy Panzke's phone still rings. "Congressman Dan Rostenkowski's office," she answers, responding to the hundreds of favor seekers who have called since last November's election, unaware that the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee lost. Panzke, who has worked for Rostenkowski for 27 years, theorizes that voters only wanted to give him a scare: "I don't think anyone thought he'd really lose." Ring! A citizen is seeking help about a park. "You've got to do this," he insists. "I pay your salary...