"CHICAGO (Reuters) - While designing a walking tour of Chicago focused on corruption and political shenanigans, journalist Paul Dailing watched new scandals pop up at a rate that only reinforced the city's reputation for rackets and rough politics.
Then, last month, former House Speaker Dennis Hastert was convicted of a financial crime and admitted to sexually abusing high school wrestlers in Chicago's suburbs decades ago.
There was no way Dailing could stuff all the new cases into the three-hour weekly downtown tour he launched in April.
After all, he had to cover two centuries of graft, embezzlement, blackmail, patronage, vote-buying, gerrymandering and scams.
But he ties them into a culture of corruption that has hurt the city and the state of Illinois..."
No comments:
Post a Comment