State Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Cicero) awarded a taxpayer-funded college scholarship for $8,200 to Michael A. Giorango, who’s the son of three-time felon and reputed mobster Michael C. “Jaws” Giorango.You'll want to read this one.
And then Sandoval did something that state officials say was even more unusual: He tried to revoke the scholarship that he’d awarded to the younger Giorango to attend Illinois State University.
But it wasn’t because the father had been convicted of helping run a mob bookmaking operation, failing to file his taxes and participating in a nationwide prostitution ring, according to Sandoval.
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
The Mobster's Son Who Got Illinois Scholarship: A Story that Includes Michael "Jaws" Giorango, Alderman Burke's Precinct Captain, and More
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
