Word: scandalous
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...spokesperson denied any such thing, and others insisted that the governor, who claims he has done nothing wrong, will fight the charges with a new lawyer who doesn't shy away from taking the toughest cases to trial (and who happened to represent a co-defendant of Blagojevich's scandal-stained predecessor, George Ryan, who himself is currently sitting in a federal penitentiary...
...commissioner of the Cook County Board of (Property) Tax Appeals and he did a brief stint as revenue director under the late Chicago mayor Harold Washington. In office, he has pushed environmental causes, veterans' affairs issues, consumer and taxpayer rights, and health-care matters. But the whiff of scandal has hit him too. While a state treasurer from 1991-95, he accepted nearly $20,000 from a company tied to Tony Rezko, a now convicted Blagojevich fundraiser and controversial area developer who also backed Obama early in his political career. When questioned about the money - as well as previous dealings...
...Even if Quinn does end up replacing Blagojevich, the process of making things better may not include his appointing Obama's replacement. In the wake of the scandal, there are growing calls to let the people of Illinois decide whom to send to Washington, no matter who is in the governor's mansion. State Republican Party leaders are launching a TV campaign to make the case that a special election should be called to fill the vacancy, and Blagojevich, clearly in a bargaining mood, has indicated that he might be willing to sign such a bill. "Blagojevich Democrats like...
...Blagojevich is sent to prison in the Senate Seat for Sale Scandal. For his haircut alone, he is denied any possibility of parole...
...most troubling for Daley, perhaps, was the Hired Truck scandal, in which scores of city workers and private contractors were convicted for idling on the city dime. Daley was interviewed by federal authorities for two hours during that investigation, which led to further inquiries into inappropriate hiring practices and patronage, but no charges were brought against him. At the time, in 2005, Daley said he did not think he was the target of a federal probe, but left open that the feds "did not indicate." "I have 38,000 people. I don't micromanage them. I don't feel personally...