Stroger Stunner

Treating Cook County as his personal fiefdom, Board President Todd Stroger's latest stunner. Sun Times:

On paper, he works for the Cook County agency that represents those too poor to hire a lawyer.

But in reality, attorney Richard Velazquez is being paid to give legal advice to County Board President Todd Stroger.

The move has stunned county commissioners and some in the public defender's office, but Stroger said Wednesday there's nothing wrong with his decision to hire Velazquez on the public defender's budget -- only to use him as his own attorney.

Maybe Stroger will be indigent at some point, if he gets convicted of something, (we can only hope), but he can well afford to pay a lawyer on his six figure salary.

And why does he need personal legal advice, hmm?

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