Friday, July 24, 2009

Follow the Money of Chicago Olympic Demolition Crew

Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica on who's getting some of the big money Olympics contracts (as Chicago heads towards financial ruin). Here's just one firm :
Brandenburg Industrial Service Co. (awarded $7.98 million in contracts)

* Friends of Michael J. Madigan - $20,000 contribution (11/1/96)
* Citizens for Moreno - More than $13,000 in contributions since 2002
* Richard M. Daley Campaign Committee — $2,500 (11/28/01) by company president Thomas J. Little
* Richard M. Daley Campaign Committee — $3,000 since 2001 by company vice president Jack Jasinowski
* Committee to Elect Anne M. Burke (Supreme Court Justice and wife of Alderman Ed Burke) — $2,000 in 2008 by company president Thomas J. Little
* Friends of Edward M. Burke — $1,500 on 11/16/02 by company vice president Jack Jasinowski
* 11th Ward Regular Democratic Organization (John Daley) — $1,250 since 2003 by company vice president Jack Jasinowski
* Friends of Sandi Jackson (wife of Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr.) — $3,500 in 2007 by company president Thomas J. Little
* Friends of Blagojevich — $4,000 on 6/19/02 by company vice president Jack Jasinowski
* The Cicero Good Government Group (controlled by insider Ed “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak) — $4,500 since 2003 by company vice president Jack Jasinowski

You'll want to read the whole thing. The Olympics is about extracting money from Chicago taxpayers so these insiders can enrich themselves. Here's some politically incorrect history of Chicago.