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Topic: Ald. Sandi Jackson resigns
from Chicago City Council |
Ald. Sandi Jackson resigns
from Chicago City Council
Chicago Tribune, by Hal Dardick
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/12/2013 6:10:00 AM
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| After weeks of rumors and equally strenuous denials, Sandi Jackson resigned as Chicago´s 7th Ward alderman Friday, the latest chapter in the stunning, scandal-laced downfall of what had been one of the city´s most prominent and powerful political duos. (Snip) In her resignation letter to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Sandi Jackson alluded to her husband´s medical problems by saying she was dealing with "very painful family health matters," making no mention of whether she had become ensnarled in his legal problems.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/12/2013 6:51:34 AM (No. 9112105)
I have to keep asking how Jackson Jr. could use campaign funds to redecorate their house without the wife being involved.I´m sure Jackson jr. doesn´t have a degree in color coordination.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
RCFlyer98, 1/12/2013 7:24:48 AM (No. 9112142)
Hmmm . . . nothing politically happens in Chicago without a reason and cause. Is the heat getting too hot in the kitchen for her? Or . . . . ??? Maybe she and her beloved is out of favor with the powers that be?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
VeteranAmerican, 1/12/2013 7:46:31 AM (No. 9112164)
We had a saying in Vietnam, "Payback is a mother". Doesn´t happen as fast as you want but it always happens. It´s time it happenened to the jacksons. Sr, Jr and their family members. The next thing to go should be the Budweiser distributorship Sr blackmailed the company to give to his other 2 worthless sons. They all need to serve time.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 1/12/2013 8:30:39 AM (No. 9112231)
They can´t be imprisoned in the same correctional facility can they?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
lakerman1, 1/12/2013 10:08:38 AM (No. 9112411)
When Fitz, the federal attorney, was going after Blago (possibly at the direction of the kenyan klown and Valerie Jarrett) Fitz didn´t shut off the wiretaps quickly enough. And it could very well be that a subordinate federal attorney won´t let Fitz continue to shelter the Jackson jive any more.
I know my post sounds silly, but it is Chicago, after all. And when enough people are at risk of prison, someone will eventually talk. But that person could die in prison, like Bill McDougall of whitewater fame.
This whole Chicago mess could come untangled over the next couple of years.
Time for a special prosecutor, hey?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Halfvast Conspirator, 1/12/2013 10:15:01 AM (No. 9112422)
saying she was dealing with "very painful family health matters,"
== [translation] "My wallet is hemorrhaging"
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
hdgalley, 1/12/2013 2:35:00 PM (No. 9112927)
The gravy train is over
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