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Monday, February 25, 2013

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Follow the money. UNO's kick-backs to Madigan.

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Follow the money. UNO's kick-backs to Madigan.:


Follow the money. UNO's kick-backs to Madigan.


Dan Mihalopoulos reports in this morning's Sun-Times that UNO has kicked back more than $24,000 to campaign funds controlled by Boss Madigan after receiving millions in charter school construction grants that Madigan greased.

Madigan had given a big boost to the group’s aspirations to be a major operator of charter schools in the city when he helped it get a $98 million state school-construction grant in 2009, without any requirement for competitive bidding on the work, as government