Senator Bill Frist speaking at the GOP Convention. Wednesday, September 1st, 2004:
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In a move that amused some and worried others, the Cook County Republican Party announced yesterday a $10,000 reward to anyone who provides information leading to the indictment and conviction of Chicago’s Mayor Daley for political corruption.

Writing in the Chicago Tribune, Jim Walsh reports that Gary Sokien, the Cook County GOP chairman said in a statement: “The arrogance of Richard Daley is appalling…The corruption (in Chicago) is so pervasive, so extensive and has been going on so long that most of these insiders don’t even have a clue that their actions are illegal. We hope that this reward will inspire someone with critical knowledge to come forward.”

Robert Klein Engler, an adjunct professor at Roosevelt University in Chicago writes, “What’s new? Isn’t this business as usual? If you live here, then you know what’s going on. In Chicago, to get ahead it’s not what you know but who you know. There is a culture of ‘who do you know’ politics that radiates from city hall, and for too long has been the trademark of city government. Richard M. Daley epitomizes the ‘who do you know’ culture of Chicago.”

Like the mayor’s father said, “Vote and Vote Often!” In Chicago, it’s patronage that counts! The Democrat’s kinda town, where more dead people vote than anywhere in the U.S.A.