State House Speaker Mike Madigan’s former hand-picked alderman was once named Tuesday as probably the most robust Southwest Side Democrat’s pals who was once on ComEd’s payroll in spite of doing very little paintings. Testifying earlier than the Illinois House committee investigating Madigan, David Glockner, ComEd’s govt vp of compliance and audit, recognized Frank Olivo as probably the most individuals who won one of the $1.three million that the software paid to Madigan’s pals in what amounted to a ghost-payrolling scheme at a time when ComEd was once in the hunt for the speaker’s strengthen for regulation. Glockner declined to substantiate whether or not the Frank Olivo he recognized as Associate No. 2 within the software corporate’s deferred prosecution
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Fred Latsko, ally of ex-Ald. Danny Solis, bids to change into pot
A politically related actual property mogul who has been an ally of disgraced former Ald. Danny Solis (25th) is now on the heart of the race to open a few of Chicago’s first leisure weed shops. Although developer Fred Latsko doesn’t have a stake in any Illinois pot firms, he owns a pair of vacant properties the place hashish companies wish to promote weed. One is at 901 W. Kinzie within the West Loop; Windy City Cannabis desires to open a leisure weed store within the huge, mural-covered brick constructing. The different is at 444 N. LaSalle, the previous dwelling of the English Bar & Restaurant, in River North; PharmaCann, a Loop pot firm, desires