From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Mayor Daley's chief procurement officer on Thursday did an abrupt about-face -- by issuing a lifetime ban against James Duff, head of a mob-connected family that became the poster child for minority business fraud in Chicago.
Hours after defending his decision to bar Duff from doing business with the city for just three years, Gayles fell on his sword and ordered a permanent de-barment.
The decision to side with Inspector General David Hoffman followed a barrage of criticism from black elected officials.
Chief-of-staff Lori Healey insisted that the decision to issue the lifetime penalty against Duff and his two co-defendants was made in October, 2007 and that a letter was issued to the effect by Gayles' temporary predecessor, Doug Yerkes.
Decency wins one. It's a rare occurence in Chicago.
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