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050 0 0 _aJK5745
_b.C677 2015
049 _aMAIN
100 1 _aGradel, Thomas J.
_e1
245 1 0 _aCorrupt Illinois :
_bpatronage, cronyism, and criminality /
_cThomas J. Gradel and Dick Simpson ; foreword by Jim Edgar.
260 _aUrbana :
_bUniversity of Illinois Press,
_c(c)2015.
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _adata file
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504 _a2
505 0 0 _a1. Corrupt Illinois --
_t2. Machine politics and stolen elections --
_t3. The sorry state of Illinois --
_t4. Adlermanic corruption --
_t5. Chicago city haul --
_t6. Crook county --
_t7. Suburban scandals --
_t8. Police abuse and corruption --
_t9. Jailbird judges and crooked courts --
_t10. Congressional corruption --
_t11. Ending the culture of corruption --
_tAppendix I. Highlights in Illinois' history of corruption, 1833 to 2014 --
_tAppendix II. Illinois governors, 1961-2014 --
_tAppendix III. Chicago mayors, 1955-2014 --
_tAppendix IV. U.S. Attorneys for the Northern District of Illiniois, 1964-2014.
520 0 _aPublic 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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650 0 _aPolitical corruption
_zIllinois
_xHistory.
650 0 _aMisconduct in office
_zIllinois
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPatronage, Political
_zIllinois
_xHistory.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell