Call It "Reform" & You Can Double Your Price - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Call It "Reform" & You Can Double Your Price - District 299: Chicago Public Schools Blog

Call It "Reform" & You Can Double Your Price

by Alexander Russo

Mayor Cermak: "You know I was elected as a reform candidate."

Frank Nitti: "What the hell does that mean, Tony?"

Mayor Cermak: "It means that the price is double."

This is apparently a favorite Saul Alinsky story about Anton Cermak and Capone lieutenant Frank Nitti discussing the cost of keeping prohibited liquor flowing in Chicago, as told in a new biography, according to

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