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“powerful lawmaker” Ever heard, vaguely, of Chicago-style politics? Well that’s the “powerful” guy here: Michael Madigan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michae
by perardi 4y ago
“powerful lawmaker”
Ever heard, vaguely, of Chicago-style politics? Well that’s the “powerful” guy here: Michael Madigan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Madigan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Madigan
https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/december-2013/michael-madigan/ https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/december-2013/mi...
The longest-serving leader of any level of government in the country. He was old-school. No emails. Ran a foot soldier get-out-the-vote ground game. Massive conflicts of interest. Possibly torpedoed his own daughter’s run for governor. Never gave interviews.
- cosmodisk 4y agoThe Wikipedia entry alone reads like a script for a new Ozark season.
- faeriechangling 4y agoIt’s funny how I think of criminals who refuse to use modern technologies like emails as masters of technology. He would have been stopped years earlier had he not stuck to his old school ways and started using evidence-mail most likely. Reading about this man is fascinating. He’s a sort of a composed, calculated, competent evil.
- jjtheblunt 4y ago>longest-serving leader Longer than Secretary of State Jesse White in Illinois?