do you have any information to back that statement up, or is the fact that an italian was elected in a neighborhood made up of mostly non-italians proof enough? there might be some corruption involved, i don't know, but the idea that any and all corruption in and around chicago is somehow linked to the outfit is a silly analogy that has been beaten to death here. most of the corruption these days seems to be between greedy politicians themselves, with no outside influence from the OC world.