The Man Behind Chicago's Asset Sales

The ever alert Beachwood Reporter reminds us of who's behind Chicago's parking meter disaster, at least indirectly.It's Mayer Brown partner John Schmidt.His biography is rather informative:

For many years, he has been a leader in a wide range of civic and professional activities in Chicago. He served as Transition Co-Chair following Richard M. Daley’s 1989 election as Mayor of Chicago and then served, without pay, as Chief of Staff for the first months of the new city administration. He served by appointment of Mayor Daley and Illinois Governors James Thompson and Jim Edgar, as Chairman of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (1989-1994), a joint state-city authority responsible for the $200 million redevelopment of Navy Pier in downtown Chicago and the $1 billion expansion of Chicago’s McCormick Place Convention Center.

He even ran against Lisa Madigan who is now going to look into Schmidt's work. Wouldn't you know Mayer Brown is in the news.