Pritzker is a wealthy trust fund baby. Almost all of his wealth is inherited. He really misplayed this episode which speaks to his arrogance and greed. The sum of money that was saved was pennies on the dollar to a person with such enormous wealth. The story has been in circulation for months and he could have settled sooner. Now, he is the subject of an investigative report that has been referred to prosecutors. Not much can be expected by the partisan state’s attorney, but if the Feds follow up, Pritzker could be flushed.
Maybe his opponent needs to make an attack ad with a Pritzker look alike dressed up like the “Tidy Bowl Man.”
The Pritzkers must think they can get away with all the Kennedy and Clinton schemes too.
Clinton to campaign for Pritzker in Illinois
By NATASHA KORECKI, Politico, 10/01/2018
CHICAGO — Hillary Clinton plans to campaign with Democratic gubernatorial nominee J.B. Pritzker on Monday, offering a lift to a longtime political ally days after early voting began in Illinois, a state Clinton won by 16 points in 2016.
Clinton, a Chicago-area native, is to join Pritzker in hosting a late-afternoon roundtable with at-risk, high school-aged women, according to Pritzker’s campaign.
The visit comes as Clinton is stepping up her midterm election involvement nationally, joining the Democratic National Committee to host fundraisers in the San Francisco area and scheduling campaign stops in Florida later this month to benefit Democratic gubernatorial contender Andrew Gillum.
This isn’t the first time Clinton has helped Pritzker, a longtime friend. In the Illinois primary, Clinton recorded a robocall supporting Pritzker. Clinton gave him a shoutout during a speech in April, after he had won the primary, referring to him as “the next governor of Illinois.”
Pritzker backed Clinton when she ran in the Democratic presidential primary against Barack Obama in 2008. He served as a fundraiser and adviser to Clinton in her 2016 presidential run.
Clinton’s help comes after Obama appeared with Pritzker last month in Champaign after the former president delivered a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump in a speech at the University of Illinois.
A recent poll shows Pritzker leading incumbent Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner by 17 points.
On Monday, Rauner will meet with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to tout rail infrastructure improvement projects in the city.
Clinton’s appearance won’t translate into financial help — a billionaire, Pritzker is self-funding his campaign. On Sunday, the Democrat plowed an additiional $20 million into his election efforts, for a total investment of $148 million.
That surpasses the $140 million eBay executive Meg Whitman spent in a failed bid against Jerry Brown in a 2010 California governor’s race that, at $280 million, holds the record for the costliest governor’s race in U.S. history. Collectively, Pritzker and Rauner have raised $250 million.
Sounds like JB was slow to pay, or forgot to pay his plumber???
Someone had to rat him out.