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FBI agents ask about Gutierrez, developer

May 4, 2010

Questions raised during Ald. Carothers' bribery probe

The FBI has interviewed City Hall employees and Chicago aldermen about U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez's ties to a corrupt developer, according to records and interviews that raise new questions about the congressman amid an ongoing federal investigation.

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City investigating program that helped Rep's daughter

December 17, 2009

Ex-Ald. Ocasio set up housing effort, bypassing City Hall

BY CHRIS FUSCO AND TIM NOVAK Staff Reporters
The City of Chicago's inspector general has opened an investigation into an affordable-housing program under which U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez's daughter was able to buy a condominium at a discount, despite family income of more than $93,000, and resell it after 14 months at a 55 percent profit.

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Stroger charged own bills to county

May 1, 2010

BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter

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Stroger employee gets paid for county contract

April 29, 2010

By Ted Cox | Daily Herald Staff
   
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger paid $24,975 to a private company owned by new Deputy Chief of Staff Carla Oglesby just days before she started her county job, a county commissioner said.

The fee falls just $25 under the $25,000 benchmark at which contracts require approval by the Cook County Board, said Bartlett Republican Commissioner Timothy Schneider.

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Top Stroger aide's firm got payment for Cook County contract while on payroll

April 28, 2010

Inspector general, ethics board investigating deal

BY LISA DONOVAN AND TIM NOVAK Staff Reporters

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Wal-Mart Expands City’s Lobbying Team

April 23, 2010

In its push for more stores in Chicago, Wal-Mart recently enlisted help from the brother of Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart, as well as from a former aide to Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Timothy Dart is a veteran lobbyist at City Hall. “Tim has relationships with a wide range of influential voices throughout the city, and he’s helping us to tell the Wal-Mart story,” said Steven V. Restivo, a spokesman for the company.

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Probe of Jeans Day not buttoned up yet

April 22, 2010

County inspector general to take a closer look at fund-raiser

April 22, 2010
BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter
Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown may have scrapped her controversial "Jeans Day" fund-raisers, but the county's inspector general is confirming for the first time that he has launched a probe of the program.

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