On paper, a politically connected but inexperienced truck driver looked like one of the best candidates for a job driving a city garbage truck. Aides to Mayor Richard Daley gave her the highest possible scores for experience and driving ability.The worker, Earceen Alexander, never was able to return to her job and died last year.
But six months after she was hired, the driver crushed another city worker against a telephone pole.
On Thursday, a former city hiring official testified at a federal corruption trial that the ratings were a sham. The driver's perfect scores were filled in after she was picked for the job by a high-ranking Daley lieutenant.
In other news, the Dems in Springfield kill the special election bill.
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