This morning's very thin print edition of the Northwest Herald carries an Associated Press article about Chicago alderman Isaac Carothers, who pled guilty yesterday to taking a $40,000 home remodeling job in exchange for a zoning change.
What was hysterical about the article, which should have been back with the comics, was the quote from his attorney, Jeffrey Steinback. Said he, "In his heart, he deeply regrets what he has done here."
Yeah, sure...
Let's see, was he sorry that he accepted a $40,000 home remodeling job for pushing the zoning change?
Sorry he'll have to pay $17,773 in restitution to the IRS?
Sorry he'll have to forfeit $40,000?
Sorry that he accepted $40,000 cash from another developer for a zoning change?
Sorry that he accepted $10,000 from an "unnamed person who wanted to host two carnivals in Carothers' 26th Ward"? Duhhh, who could that "unnamed person" be?
Sorry that he agreed to testify against the guy who gave him the remodeling job?
Or sorry that ten other aldermen have asked a judge not to require them to testify at the developer's fraud and obstruction-of-justice trial that starts March 8th?
Of course, he deeply regrets it. He got caught!
Isn't it nice to live in "clean" McHenry County?
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