Here is the latest news out of Chicago on the Blago trial:
Blago eyed Oprah for Senate seat
Alexi Giannoulias subpoenaed to appear at trial…
Blago’s Ex-Chief of Staff testifies against him
Blago Trial: Legal, Personal and Political
Blago bitter at Emanuel message about Senate seat
Excerpts from Blago trial tapes
Rahm Emanuel’s role in Blagojevich scandal suggests further impropriety by [...]
By Adam Bitely -
Valerie Jarrett has been subpoenaed in the Blago trial along with White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel.
From Politico:
Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett have received subpoenas from defense lawyers in the corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, joining a long list of federal officials who could be [...]
In a recent CNN interview Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) labeled Obama Administration tactics in pushing the healthcare bill through the Senate as “seedy Chicago politics. Backroom deals that amount to bribes.”
Valerie Jarrett decided that she couldn’t take that. “It was definitely a cheap shot and completely unwarranted,” she told Politics Daily. She then went on [...]
From Carter Clews:
The viperish ogres at People for the (Anti)American Way have picked the wrong target for their latest their fundraising screed. Accustomed to watching their quarry turn tail and run while they greedily fleeced their dwindling gaggle of gullible loons, they decided to turn their guns on the gang at Americans for Limited Government.
In [...]
According to Jeffrey Young, the Healthcare beat reporter for The Hill, Valerie Jarrett is on Capitol Hill meeting with Harry Reid, Max Baucus and Chris Dodd.
From Jeffrey Young:
Reid, Baucus & Dodd are huddling right now with White House aides Jarrett, Messina & DeParle.
Check out this five part series on Valerie Jarrett that was just released from the Americans for Limited Government Research Department.
Valerie Jarrett’s Grove Parc Fiasco: The Rich Got Richer: “In 1987, U.S. District Judge Marvin Aspen had appointed Habitat to oversee construction of all public housing in Chicago as part of the historic Gautreaux case, [...]
It appears that Jarrett tried to get a contract for Allison Davis, Obama’s former boss. In 1996, Habitat was overseeing the redevelopment of Cabrini Green. Habitat seemed to favor a plan from MCL/ASD LLC. This partnership was the creation of Dan McLean of MCL Development Corporation and Allison Davis. Davis went on to become a [...]
In 2004, Jarrett’s Habitat Company violated the Family and Medical Leave Act by terminating an ill employee. David Burnett had been employed with Habitat for fourteen years. His boss had no problems with him until late 2003 when Burnett began to have symptoms of prostate cancer.
Even as Burnett went to medical appointment after medical appointment, [...]
Cecil Butler started managing the Lawndale Restoration, a low-income community in 1974. In 1995, Cecil Butler received a $51 million loan, backed by the state, to renovate Lawndale Restoration. In 1999, Valerie Jarrett’s Habitat formed an LLC with Butler’s Boulevard Management. In 2000, Cecil Butler hired the Habitat Company to manage Lawndale Restoration.
According to ACORN, [...]
Mayor Daley was displeased when Jarrett lost Spiegel, a catalog company which had operated warehouses in Chicago for 88 years. Daley wanted a more aggressive effort from the Department of Planning and Development. The company wanted to relocate its old warehouses. Her department proposed six sites, but Spiegel found all of them to be deficient. [...]
