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Saturday, October 3, 2015

Schooling in the Ownership Society: SUPES IS BACK -- New names on the letterhead. Looking for more no-bid contracts from CPS

Schooling in the Ownership Society: SUPES IS BACK -- New names on the letterhead. Looking for more no-bid contracts from CPS:

SUPES IS BACK -- New names on the letterhead. Looking for more no-bid contracts from CPS



“The primary leaders [Somomon & Vranas] of the former SUPES Academy have begun new endeavors and will not be joining us in this work ahead.” -- Joseph Wise


The federal investigation in Chicago of SUPES has obviously been sandbagged. Federal investigators have refused to comment on the investigation. Now, even withBarbara Byrd-Bennett fleeing the scene and a grand just supposedly in session, SUPES is trying to make a comeback.

After all, UNO did it with the feds on their trail, simply by shifting a few culpable leaders into different positions, changing the names on company letterhead, and relying on political powerhouses like Mike Madigan, Eddie Burke, and Rahm Emanuel to provide cover. So reported new SUPES owner, Joseph Wise figures he can pull it off as well, cashing in on the next round of no-bid deals CPS regularly hands out to connected consulting firms. Wise, whose companies have gotten at least $5 million in recent business from CPS, claims to have acquired "the best parts of The SUPES Academy".

Wise who formerly worked for scandalized SUPES leaders Gary Solomon andThomas Vranas, also wants to get more business from CPS by opening alternative Schooling in the Ownership Society: SUPES IS BACK -- New names on the letterhead. Looking for more no-bid contracts from CPS: