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Op-Ed: Chicago Needs a New Day, Not Another Daley

by Phan Le May 12, 2021May 12, 2021

n April 29, news broke that Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson (11th Ward) had been indicted for seven felonies—two for knowingly making false statements to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, and five more for filing false income tax returns. But the latest allegations against Thompson are only a small part of a larger pattern of corruption. […]

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