Somehow the Tribune and the Sun-Times neglected to mention that Ald. Arenda Troutman served as a Democrat when she was on the city council. That is Troutman (D-20th) that never shows up in the Chicago Tribune or Sun-Times Articles about her guilty plea, something that the Tribune carefully included in the Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) indictment story for example.
Tribune Story Here
Rufino says:
I don't think it's an important fact that Troutman is Democrat. Aldermanic elections are nonpartisan.
Besides, all aldermen save one are Democrats. What someone should write about is the lone Republican alderman Brian Doherty. When you compile a list of all the graft and corruption committed by aldermen, Doherty's name never comes up.