Peraica: Stroger Appointment of Crony ‘Highly Objectionable’
Commissioner Peraica is quoted in this morning’s Sun-Times about Todd Stroger’s intended appointment of his former campaign manager to the Zoning Board of Appeals:
“I think it would be highly inappropriate . . . now that there’s some evidence that Mr. Stroger has been rewarding campaign workers with contracts, jobs and other taxpayer paid-for gifts which I find highly objectionable,” said Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica, a west suburban Republican.
Stroger wants to appoint Vincent Williams, his former campaign manager and a current government lobbyist, to the $38k-per-year position.
Apparently, Williams is no stranger to profiting at the hands of county taxpayers:
Last month, the Sun-Times reported Williams was among the top clout-heavy lobbyists locally, earning $182,000 in fees from City Colleges of Chicago, the Chicago Board of Education, and the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to lobby other governmental agencies.
Nice work if you can get it. Unfortunately, we’re all paying for it.
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