Gov. Quinn took office nearly 10 months ago saying he'd "fumigate state government" in the wake of his predecessor, Rod Blagojevich, being booted from office.
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration wanted Louis Bertucci hired. So the clout-heavy Bertucci got hired.
Political double agents -- that seems the right phrase to describe some volunteers working on the Cook County Board president's race. Their true allegiance might not be clear. But their mission is: to topple incumbent County Board President Todd Stroger.
For years, Thomas Simmons was a high-ranking bureaucrat at City Hall. He also ran a successful "patronage army" of African Americans on the West Side.
For 21 years, Terrence J. O'Brien has been on the board of Cook County's sewage-treatment operation, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
James Dencek was 54 when he retired in 1994 from the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
The Watchdogs: A secret hiring database kept by former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration is shedding new light on a controversy over lucrative pressure-washing jobs that went to a Cicero company owned by a major Blagojevich campaign contributor.








