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Former Ald. Wallace Davis Jr., standing this year outside his shuttered East Garfield Park restaurant, said of Chicago aldermen: "They get into a position where they feel, ‘Hey, I can do what I want. I don’t have to give an account." (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Former Ald. Wallace Davis Jr., standing this year outside his shuttered East Garfield Park restaurant, said of Chicago aldermen: “They get into a position where they feel, ‘Hey, I can do what I want. I don’t have to give an account.” (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
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In the half-century since Mayor Richard J. Daley presided over Chicago’s notorious Democratic machine at the height of its power, nearly 40 aldermen from across the city have ended up behind bars.
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