Flashback 2004. The Chicago Tribune reports:
It's amazing, but these days reporters are giving the mayor no quarter on Quarters.No word yet on this story from Mayor Daley's former deputy Chief of Staff Valerie Jarrett.
On Thursday, Mayor Richard Daley was asked about John "Quarters" Boyle, who was convicted of stealing $4 million from the Illinois Toll Highway Authority, then was given a cushy city job, and who was charged the other day with taking bribes for contracts in the Hired Truck scandal.
First, Daley said lifting $4 million shouldn't disqualify Boyle from gainful public employment.
Reporter: Would stealing $4 million from another public agency disqualify somebody from a city job?
"No, I don't think so," Daley said.
