Judgment Day Near for Fast Eddie
Federal prosecutors made their case against longtime political insider Ed “Fast Eddie” Vrdolyak this week - urging Judge Milton Shadur to put Eddie in jail for 41 months. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that, in the memo filed this week, federal prosecutors said Vrdolyak “lived a ’second, largely hidden life’ of crime.”
The statement summed up Vrdolyak’s actions in their conspiracy to split a $1.5 million kickback from the sale of a $15 million Gold Coast building belonging to the former Chicago Medical School, now the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science.
Vrdolyak, of course, has long been in local headlines for his public political exploits. He has been active in Cook County politics on both sides of the aisle - even supporting the candidacy of Michael LaPidus, who ran as a Republican against Tony Peraica for Lyons Township GOP Committeeman in 2006. (If Vrdolyak is convicted, will LaPidus return his tainted $1,000 contribution?)
For now, it’s a wait-and-see game to learn how long Fast Eddie will have to live behind bars.
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2 Comments on Judgment Day Near for Fast Eddie
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Matthew on
Sat, 7th Feb 2009 10:58 am
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Matthew on
Sat, 7th Feb 2009 11:04 am
I am a Democrat and i am praying that YOU or VALLAS run for Cook County board President . I plan to vote for a Republican to get Todd Stroger out of office. All he does his hire his relatves instead of deserving people who are crooks and ex-cons. Todd keeps every day people from getting city jobs.Todd Stroger and Mayor Daley are the biggest crooks in Chicago. I am hoping that a Republican can get in there and clean cook county up and also get rid of those Aldermans on the sounthside who streal from poor people over there.
please run for COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT! gET IN THERE AND FIRE ALL OF TODD STROGER’S CROOKED PEOPLE.
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