Name That Party: Unemployment Comp Claim Edition
On the Chicago Sun-Times's Web site today, it's reported that former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has applied for unemployment benefits. Stroger had been earning $170,000 at his job, and his former employer is appealing his eligibility. Not mentioned, of course, is the fact Stroger is a Democrat. A little more than four years ago, Stroger was endorsed by then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) as “a good progressive Democrat” who will “lead us into a new era of Cook County government.” He certainly did. His tenure was marked by scandal after scandal after scandal . Still, Stroger was constantly on the prowl for new talent to bring to government. So impressed was he with one restaurant busboy he encountered that the man ended up with a $61,189-a-year county job. The guy sure must have known how to handle a glass of ice water. Still, what eventually damaged Stroger most severely was shoving through a sales tax hike that gave Chicago the highest one
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on March 5, 2011. Filed under