TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gradel,Thomas J.
TI  - Corrupt Illinois: patronage, cronyism, and criminality 
SN  - 9780252097034
AV  - JK5745 .C677 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - Political corruption
KW  - Illinois
KW  - History
KW  - Misconduct in office
KW  - Patronage, Political
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 1. Corrupt Illinois --; 2. Machine politics and stolen elections --; 3. The sorry state of Illinois --; 4. Adlermanic corruption --; 5. Chicago city haul --; 6. Crook county --; 7. Suburban scandals --; 8. Police abuse and corruption --; 9. Jailbird judges and crooked courts --; 10. Congressional corruption --; 11. Ending the culture of corruption --; Appendix I. Highlights in Illinois' history of corruption, 1833 to 2014 --; Appendix II. Illinois governors, 1961-2014 --; Appendix III. Chicago mayors, 1955-2014 --; Appendix IV. U.S. Attorneys for the Northern District of Illiniois, 1964-2014; 2; b
N2  - Public funds spent on jets and horses. Shoeboxes stuffed with embezzled cash. Ghost payrolls and incarcerated ex-governors. Illinois' culture of "Where's mine?" and the public apathy it engenders has made our state and local politics a disgrace. Corrupt Illinois lays out a blueprint to transform our politics from a pay-to-play--driven marketplace into what it should be: an instrument of public good
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