Mayor Daley's Memory Slips:The Feds Are Intrested in Zoning

John Kass of The Chicago Tribune reports:

When it comes to prancing proudly, few politicians step as high as U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Boender).

According to a fascinating Tribune story published Wednesday, part of the newspaper's "Neighborhoods for Sale" series about the clout, intrigue and insider influence in the politics of zoning in Chicago, it costs only $200,000 to dance with the congressman.

That's a nice number, $200,000, curvy with zeros. But now the feds are investigating. Sadly, as a result of the Tribune story, at least one prominent Chicago politician has developed a terrible case of Newsheimer's Disease, in which the politician pretends he didn't read the paper, so as to avoid comment.

For information on Luis Gutierrez and Tony Rezko.