Thursday, March 12, 2009

Clout Kills II

John Kass on yet another trial going on in Chicago, a vivid illustration of how clout kills:
Now that Mayor Richard Daley doesn't have South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu nearby to protect him from the questions of pesky reporters, I wonder what the mayor will say about Denise Alcantar's tummy ache.

Alcantar, a loyal Daley political worker, testified in federal court on Wednesday that she filled out her city job application at a political meeting in a South Side biker bar and was soon hired as a garbage truck driver, though she'd never driven a heavy truck for pay in her life.

On Wednesday, Alcantar was dressed quite stylishly for federal court, in jeans and a bright orange city truck driver jacket over a bright orange city sweatshirt.

"I've got a stomachache, oh my God," Alcantar said as she left the federal courtroom where she testified in the trial of Daley henchman and former city Streets and San boss Al Sanchez.
A biker bar. Go to a biker bar and you too can emerge driving a city garbage truck.

Related posts: Bleepin' Chicago, Clout Kills, The Daley Dance, Mayor Fesses Up on Trips

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