Originally Posted By: jonnynonos
Originally Posted By: ChiTown
Illegal gambling isn't really where the Feds need to focus when it comes to the Outfit...its more bid rigging and their ability to use their legit companies to get their claws into civic projects like McCormick Place expansion and Des Plaines casino.

Also consider their dominance of video poker in Illinois (and pull with pols who legalized it).


True but I don't think that stuff is really happening on a very wide scale. Look at Fratto's ham-fisted attempt to nudge in on McCormick. If you read the wire he comes off as someone who is mentally impaired.

It's a far, far, far cry from the Humpreys days.


The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago and the suburbs in Chicagoland are all corrupt. They are disgustingly corrupt. Looks at Gov. Ryan and Blago.

Now this is a ridiculously blanket statement, not all cities are corrupt, but corruption anywhere in IL and Chicago doesn't surprise. To me, it seems like its more the norm than the exception.