Lincoln Park Zoo's polar bear exhibit features a couple of very powerful, 800-pound creatures -- and the name of a man who allegedly won illegal kickbacks by muscling hospitals into using his pals for construction projects.Chicago has a certain sense of style.Whereanyone can be honored.
And while that man, Stuart Levine, is soon expected to be a convicted felon when he pleads guilty to federal charges later this month, the zoo has no plans to strip his name from the exhibit or return the $1.7 million his foundation gave the North Side institution.
Monday, October 09, 2006
Chicago Zoo Honors Corrupt Businessman
The Chicago Sun-Times reports: