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Machine Politics as Usual with Toni Preckwinkle

Carol Felsenthal 16 April 2010 2 Comments

Toni Preckwinkle, almost certainly the next President of the Cook County Board, is backing Democrat Joseph Berrios—lobbyist, head of the County Democratic Party, toady of House Speaker and state Democratic Party chief Mike Madigan—for assessor.

When I read of Preckwinkle’s preference for Berrios over reformer Forrest Claypool (in Stella Foster’s Sun-Times column), I was surprised. Silly me.

Read more from Carol Felsenthal in Chicago Magazine

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