Ex-Alderman, County Commissioner Arrested On Corruption Charges

Thursday, June 28, 2012 Ex-Alderman, County Commissioner Arrested On Federal Corruption Charges A former Cook County Commissioner and an ex-Chicago alderman who previously spent time behind bars on a bribery conviction were among seven men arrested Thursday on federal corruption charges. Former Cook County Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno and former Chicago alderman Ambrosio Medrano, who was convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison in connection with Operation Silver Shovel in 1996, were charged with allegedly accepting kickbacks to sell bandages to Chicago-area public hospitals, NBC Chicago reports. In addition, Moreno is further accused of taking a $5,000 bribe in exchange for lending his political support to the development of a Cicero waste transfer station. Illinois Reacts To Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling Joe Pug Reflects On His Windy City Roots, Old Hangouts 7-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shot While Selling Candy With Her Mother Lawsuit: Restaurant Worker Attacked Customer For Requesting More Sauce Police Seize 16,000 Pounds Of Marijuana In One Of City's Biggest Busts Ever BLOG POSTS Elysabeth Alfano: Paris Opera Ballet Opens Its American Tour in Chicago, Then Heads to New York It seems that Chicago's reputation as being the second city may be on its way out. After a 15 year absence from the U.S, the Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest ballet company in existence, opened its American tour at Chicago's Harris Theate. David Ormsby: Should Toni Preckwinkle Halt the Cook County Sales Tax Roll Back? Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle released the preliminary Cook County budget for next year and she projects a 12 percent or $267.5 million gaping budget hole. And that's the good news. Next year it will be harder. Much harder. Waymon Hudson: Report Focuses on Needs of Chicago's LGBT Community An assessment on the needs of Chicagoland's LGBT Community, the first of its kind in nearly 10 years, has just been released. Among key findings, healthcare was the top concern, showing that we have to look at our lives in a holistic matter. Danny Groner: Does Obama's Youkilis Comment Mean Anything? Election season and baseball season intersected on Monday night as President Obama poked fun at Boston fans during a Massachusetts fundraiser after the Red Sox traded fan-favorite Kevin Youkilis to his cherished Chicago White Sox. Joan Brunwasser: Evanston Entrepreneur to Host Event on Sex Trafficking July 1st This project and has women in the windows of retail stores with price tags and for sale signs listing age, weight and other details as if they were just another item for sale along with everything else.

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