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Emanuel brushes aside contractor’s organized crime ties allegations
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 12/04/12 | FRAN SPIELMAN

Posted on 12/05/2012 9:21:24 AM PST by AtlasStalled

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday brushed aside allegations that the owner of a company awarded a $99 million O’Hare Airport janitorial contract was the longtime business partner of a man with ties to organized crime. * * * Last month, the city chose United Maintenance Co., Inc. to provide custodial services at O’Hare for the next five years . . . . The Chicago Sun-Times reported last week that United Maintenance owner Richard Simon was involved in another company with alleged mob figure William Daddano Jr.—from 1998 until that firm was officially disbanded on Dec. 17, 2011, according to state records. * * * Rick Simon once served as chairman of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau and was a South Loop neighbor of former Mayor Richard M. Daley. He is among a handful of Daley pals who invested in the Park Grill Restaurant at Millenium Park.

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1 posted on 12/05/2012 9:21:30 AM PST by AtlasStalled
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To: AtlasStalled

Kickback.
It’s the Chicago Way.


2 posted on 12/05/2012 9:23:53 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
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To: AtlasStalled

What a joke : )


3 posted on 12/05/2012 9:24:12 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker
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4 posted on 12/05/2012 9:25:37 AM PST by Nachum (The List is off the Google blacklist- www.nachumlist.com)
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5 posted on 12/05/2012 9:34:47 AM PST by Nachum (The List is off the Google blacklist- www.nachumlist.com)
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To: AtlasStalled

As the democrat party is a criminal organization it should come as no surprise they would want to deal with a firm with similar credentials.


6 posted on 12/05/2012 9:53:17 AM PST by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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To: AtlasStalled

Wonder if the WH visitor log shows Daddano name?.


7 posted on 12/05/2012 11:18:39 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: AtlasStalled
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday brushed aside allegations

That's it, case closed. Media go home.

8 posted on 12/05/2012 11:29:10 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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