Ald. Mell Strives To Clarify Recent Comments
Mell can't seem to get his clarification, uh, well, clarified. From CBS 2 Chicago and Jay Levine:
.Jan 17, 2005 9:04 pm US/CentralCHICAGO (CBS 2) Chicago Alderman Richard Mell, still facing a threatened lawsuit, says that there's still "no deal" to settle the dispute about recent comments he made about the governor's office. Mell says he's suggested several ways of clarifying what he said about a Blagojevich fundraiser trading appointments for campaign contributions. But so far, none has been acceptable.
The landfill which triggered the family feud is back in business today. The state seal lifted at 6AM Monday morning. Meanwhile, the governor is using the issue for speech material. Monday, Blagojevich made reference to his family that brought idle laughter from the audience.
“All of us who have prominent members of our family, know what it is like,” said the governor, “congressman Jesse Jackson has his father, Reverend Jesse Jackson. I've got my family” For the governor's wife's cousin, landfill operator Frank Schmidt, it’s no laughing matter.
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