Seriously Chicago was less corrupt when Capone was running the place from the underground.

At least he was running brothels! If you're going to get farked you should at least be able to actually get farked.

Crooked Chicago politician, seriously?

government good, corporation bad.

Can this be jail or is it just being a fardtuck?

Color me shocked.

/downstater

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan cost taxpayers nearly half-a-billion dollars by blocking repeated efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a much-needed second hotel at the convention center, a Crain's investigation finds.

I'm going to guess that all 5 refinance bills also piled on a bunch more debt, which would've meant the half-billion mentioned above would've went to pay the debt, and then some. Don't know for sure, can someone from Chicago check?

FTA: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan cost taxpayers nearly half-a-billion dollars by blocking repeated efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a much-needed second hotel at the convention center, a Crain's investigation finds.

The Illinois attorney general should investigate him......

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan

O_o

Aw, f*ck it!

Crooked face attorney general make crooks cry.

The Stealth Hippopotamus: I didn't know Illinois still had half a billion to lose.

It's only on paper. No cash was ever present, just promises to pay.

/Amiright?

Would skinning him and rolling him in salt sound prohibitive?
Because incarceration, everybody gets that.

Can we get rid of Madigan already? Send all of the powerbrokers in Springfield/Chicago home via catapult.

They should have built when the market was at it peak? How was that going to save money? I would think it would be cheaper now....

DROxINxTHExWIND: *gasp*

I declare.

I just dropped my monocle.

Pro Zack: [johndenugent.com image 280x390]
government good, corporation bad.

Well, yeah, you only get a vote with the former.

Yeah, I know I fed a troll..

TheShadow: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan cost taxpayers nearly half-a-billion dollars by blocking repeated efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a much-needed second hotel at the convention center, a Crain's investigation finds.

I'm going to guess that all 5 refinance bills also piled on a bunch more debt, which would've meant the half-billion mentioned above would've went to pay the debt, and then some. Don't know for sure, can someone from Chicago check?

It reads like they were going to keep the same payout but with the resturcturing of the debt they were going to use the freed up interest money to pay for the hotel... though I am not sure how that would work since they were destined to eat into the general fund to pay their debt last year.

Arkanaut: DROxINxTHExWIND: *gasp*

I declare.

I just dropped my monocle.

My butt plug fell out and rolled under the couch.

HotIgneous Intruder: Crooked face attorney general make crooks cry.

It's a perspective illusion... they are both level, but are leading to a point on the horizon.

Alphax: Pro Zack: [johndenugent.com image 280x390]
government good, corporation bad.

Well, yeah, you only get a vote with the former.

Yeah, I know I fed a troll..



You get a vote with corporations too. It's called money.

Alphax: Pro Zack: [johndenugent.com image 280x390]
government good, corporation bad.

Well, yeah, you only get a vote with the former.

Yeah, I know I fed a troll..

I know it is en vogue to shut down dialogue by calling your opponents names, but c'mon it's a joke! the whole black/white hat dynamic in today's politics is funny no matter which way you slice it.

Saiga410: Can we get rid of Madigan already? Send all of the powerbrokers in Springfield/Chicago home via catapult.

Bwhahahahahaha! No.

I'm not sure why all the outrage, this is just politics. Let me sum it up for those who can't follow the article the head of the convention center fired one of the politician who controlled the purse strings guys with out going through proper channels. This upset the political apple cart in Chicago and if you are going to do that you better have the biggest dick in the room.

Unfortunately for the convention center bozo he actually had the smallest dick in the room that could not would not get refinancing that allowed him to gain more political and economic clout in Chicago.

Then came along another group who was connected and had a fabulous idea, if only the convention center bozo would play ball, but because of his small cock and butt hurt over his previous spanking he refused to cut a deal that would be a small win for him and a big win for the politician.

This is big time politics, with billions on the line and tons of jobs, if you don't have enough lead in your pencil to dick em, deck em, and dork em then you should not even try to play the game.

Slaves2Darkness: Saiga410: Can we get rid of Madigan already? Send all of the powerbrokers in Springfield/Chicago home via catapult.

Bwhahahahahaha! No.

I'm not sure why all the outrage, this is just politics. Let me sum it up for those who can't follow the article the head of the convention center fired one of the politician who controlled the purse strings guys with out going through proper channels. This upset the political apple cart in Chicago and if you are going to do that you better have the biggest dick in the room.

Unfortunately for the convention center bozo he actually had the smallest dick in the room that could not would not get refinancing that allowed him to gain more political and economic clout in Chicago.

Then came along another group who was connected and had a fabulous idea, if only the convention center bozo would play ball, but because of his small cock and butt hurt over his previous spanking he refused to cut a deal that would be a small win for him and a big win for the politician.

This is big time politics, with billions on the line and tons of jobs, if you don't have enough lead in your pencil to dick em, deck em, and dork em then you should not even try to play the game.




Well, we know Madigan's Fark handle now.

HotIgneous Intruder: The Stealth Hippopotamus: I didn't know Illinois still had half a billion to lose.

It's only on paper. No cash was ever present, just promises to pay.

/Amiright?

Kind of (new window)

As some one who hails from Springfield, I am only shocked that our governer isn't somehow involved.

Madox84: As some one who hails from Springfield, I am only shocked that our governer isn't somehow involved.

I'm down in Carbondale - same here...Quinn's gotta be involved in this somehow...

jricks3: Madox84: As some one who hails from Springfield, I am only shocked that our governer isn't somehow involved.

I'm down in Carbondale - same here...Quinn's gotta be involved in this somehow...

My family (Dad's side) came to Texas from Carbondale. I've always wanted to come up and see the place, but as I am 20, lack the funds and free time.

Rann Xerox: FTA: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan cost taxpayers nearly half-a-billion dollars by blocking repeated efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a much-needed second hotel at the convention center, a Crain's investigation finds.

The Illinois attorney general should investigate him......

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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan

O_o

Aw, f*ck it!

Nice catch!

\I knew he was a Democrat when I saw that his affiliation had been left out of the Fark headline.

Bamboozler: jricks3: Madox84: As some one who hails from Springfield, I am only shocked that our governer isn't somehow involved.

I'm down in Carbondale - same here...Quinn's gotta be involved in this somehow...

My family (Dad's side) came to Texas from Carbondale. I've always wanted to come up and see the place, but as I am 20, lack the funds and free time.

Great place. Beautiful. Best 7 years of my life earning a BS.

draypresct: Rann Xerox: FTA: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan cost taxpayers nearly half-a-billion dollars by blocking repeated efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a much-needed second hotel at the convention center, a Crain's investigation finds.

The Illinois attorney general should investigate him......

[upload.wikimedia.org image 220x329]

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan

O_o

Aw, f*ck it!

Nice catch!

\I knew he was a Democrat when I saw that his affiliation had been left out of the Fark headline.

...and again two threads later with the NY assemblyman. Not just the FARK headlines either; the articles don't have the captial "D" prominently noted in paragraph one either.

draypresct: Rann Xerox: FTA: Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan cost taxpayers nearly half-a-billion dollars by blocking repeated efforts to restructure McCormick Place bonds and finance a much-needed second hotel at the convention center, a Crain's investigation finds.

The Illinois attorney general should investigate him......

[upload.wikimedia.org image 220x329]

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan

O_o

Aw, f*ck it!

Nice catch!

\I knew he was a Democrat when I saw that his affiliation had been left out of the Fark headline.

To be fair, it doesn't matter what party you are in in Illinois. And I say this as a Republican from Illinois. Both parties are rediculously corrupt. My state senator took office after his dad resigned midterm to become a lobbyist for Comed and proceeded to sponsor a bill that allowed Comed to raise its rates by 2.5 percent. He doesn't even live in an area that is serviced by Comed.

justinguarini4ever: Both parties are rediculously corrupt.

I'd say they're more moderately corrupt. Sort of European-level corrupt. This is mostly because southern Louisiana takes up like the top 1/3 of the world's gaussian distribution of corruptness, along with some random African dictatorships here and there.

No Rarity couch gif?

I haz a sad. :(

Illinois has more corrupt politicians than Carter has pills.