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$44,256 to check email? Feds balk in case tied to Daley son

March 4, 2013
Chicago Sun-Times

By TIM NOVAK Staff Reporter

A big Chicago law firm is demanding $44,256 for a search of emails that a federal agency wanted in a case involving Cardinal Growth, a venture capital firm tied to former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s son, Patrick Daley.

The U.S. Small Business Administration says taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay, and it’s fighting the bill in federal court.

The agency seized Cardinal Growth in 2011 over $21.4 million in unpaid loans the Chicago fund got from the SBA to invest in several businesses.

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State: Clout firm committed ‘theft,’ billed IDOT for bonuses, outings

June 8, 2012
Chicago Sun Times
BY CHRIS FUSCO AND TINA SFONDELES 

 
Concluding the company committed “theft” by overbilling taxpayers “mill

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School milk supplier trims costs, keeps lucrative deal

May 22, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY CHRIS FUSCO, TIM NOVAK AND ROSALIND ROSSI 

 
Chicago school officials said Monday they’ll save $750,000 after negotia

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Daley adviser Degnan gets $130,000 pension

May 2, 2012
Chicago Tribune

Like former mayor, he took advantage of little-known provisions in state's code

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Inside team Rahm: Emanuel taps best minds in country for advice

February 13, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times

A Chicago Super Bowl! Oh ... wait ... sorry ... Yet another example of how the Soldier Field fiasco cheated Chicagoans

February 3, 2012
Chicago Tribune
"If we started out to build the ugliest stadium in the country for the most money with the fewest alternative uses in the worst possible location, we're pretty much there."
 
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City pension funds could lose $1 million in deal with Daley nephew

August 29, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times

The historic, now boarded-up building that once housed the Chicago Defender newspaper is in foreclosure, and, as a result of that, five of the city’s struggling pension funds could end up losing $1 million.

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Rostenkowski's downfall charted in newly released FBI files. Per records, powerful congressman offered to quit, then fought allegations

July 1, 2011
The Chicago Tribune


The theft of just $7,000 by a stamp clerk in the U.S. House Post Office mushroomed into a federal investigation that brought down one of the most powerful congressmen in the country, the late Daniel Rostenkowski of Chicago, according to records released Thursday by the FBI.

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City worker quits in the face of David Koschman questions

July 20, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times

By Fran Spielman

Former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s director of special events resigned her City Hall job while facing the prospect of being fired for refusing to cooperate in the city inspector general’s investigation into the Chicago Police Department’s handling of a homicide case involving Daley’s nephew Richard J. “R.J.” Vanecko, according to a report Tuesday.

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Federal government takes over fund with ties to Daley’s son, Patrick

June 27, 2011
Chicago Sun-Times

By Tim Novak

A Chicago venture capital fund whose projects paid more than $1.2 million to former Mayor Richard M. Daley’s son has been taken over by the federal government, which says the fund owes taxpayers $21.4 million.

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