Got it attached: LIST OF CHICAGO ISLAMIC CENTERS
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Mag, It looks like you’ve got her number...Wish fox news would pick this up, Try sending it to special@ foxnews.com Bret Baier seems to be listening.
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CORRUPTION & CRONYISM
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DALEY SETTLES ON GHOST CHECK STORY - MAYOR SAYS COUNSEL FIRST TOLD HIM ABOUT REPAYMENTS LAST WEEK
Chicago Tribune - Wednesday, January 29, 1997
Author: Jacquelyn Heard, Tribune Staff Writer.
Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday that he did not know until last week that a former alderman had repaid the city $91,000 he had obtained as a ghost payroller on three City Council committees, including the Finance Committee led by Ald. Edward Burke (14th).
Daley said City Corporation Counsel Susan Sher did not notify him of the reimbursements from former Ald. Joseph Martinez (31st), even though they were accompanied by letters addressed to Daley
Sher has said that she was so alarmed by the payments that she immediately contacted federal authorities.
“Last week, Susan Sher came in and mentioned it to me when I got back from Washington,” Daley said.
Sher could not be reached for comment.
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CITY’S TOP LAWYER LEAVING POST TO BECOME U. OF C. HOSPITALS VP
Chicago Tribune - Tuesday, February 11, 1997
Author: Jacquelyn Heard, Tribune Staff Writer.
Having informed Mayor Richard Daley that she will soon be leaving his administration, City Corporation Counsel Susan Sher said Monday that she will miss what she called the toughest job she has ever held.
As an 8-year veteran of the city’s legal department and its top lawyer since 1993, Sher, 48, oversees a staff of 160
But on May 1, Sher said she will begin a new job as vice president and general counsel at the University of Chicago Hospitals, where she will supervise a legal staff of four.
“Most jobs are slower-paced than City Hall,” said Sher, whose bid to become a federal judge in 1995 was backed by Daley, but failed to attract the backing of U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun.
While not ruling out another bid for the federal bench at some point, Sher said she took the post at the hospital because, “I think the hospital is a wonderful institution. It’s a great opportunity.”
It doesn’t hurt that the job also comes with tuition breaks for her two sons, ages 11 and 15, to attend the University of Chicago Lab School.
Sher is paid $112,000 a year as corporation counsel and declined to comment on her new pay, except to say it represents a “substantial pay increase.”
Sher maintains that it is “pure happenstance” that her decision to leave City Hall coincides with the current federal ghost payrolling investigation and the controversy involving Ald. Edward Burke (14th), chairman of the City Council Finance Committee.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0704220038apr22,0,3860794.story
Barack’s rock - Obama ‘s blunt, tough partner Michelle helps shape her husband’s politics and life and is integral to his campaign
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Sunday, April 22, 2007
Author: Christi Parsons, Bruce Japsen and Bob Secter, Tribune staff reporters
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At City Hall, Michelle Obama forged close and lasting friendships with Jarrett and many other top Daley aides, including former Corporation Counsel Susan Sher and David Mosena, who was the mayor’s chief of staff when Michelle Obama first joined his administration. She left in 1993.
All have long since left the city payroll as well, but are loyal to the mayor and now the Obamas. Their careers also have frequently overlapped, and together they make up a network that reaches into virtually every aspect of Chicago politics.
After leaving City Hall, Jarrett went on to lead the Chicago Transit Authority. She recruited Michelle Obama to the transit agency’s citizen advisory committee. Mosena, who now is president of the Museum of Science and Industry, served with Obama on the Commission on Chicago Landmarks.
Currently, she works as the $273,618-a-year vice president for community and external affairs at The University of Chicago Medical Center. Her boss there is Sher.
City Hall records show Michelle Obama , then still named Robinson, began work as a $60,000-a-year mayoral assistant in September of 1991. She didn’t stay long in the mayor’s office. Within weeks, Daley promoted Jarrett to run the new Department of Planning and Development. Obama followed.
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Susan Sher, associate counsel to the president and counsel to the first lady, previously brought home $718,477 from the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was general counsel and vice president for legal and governmental affairs.