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Com Ed Delivers More Power to the Powerful

The mayor’s favorite pool boy—airport operations boss Dave “Pool Boy” Ochal—is at it again, throwing his vast political clout in the faces of his neighbors after the storms knocked out power this week.

Ochal’s Far Northwest Side neighborhood was without power for two days in the summer heat. Neighbors dug into their own pockets to pay for emergency generators and shipped their elderly, including some who required oxygen therapy, to live with friends and family who had power. Then neighbors said they witnessed a political miracle Wednesday night:

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