ILL-inois: Dem party bosses replace felon officeholder with pol who paid fine to state

Only in Illinois would party big shots replace an ousted felon with someone who paid a fine to the state because of alleged campaign indiscretions.

From CBS Chicago:

Democratic bosses in Cook County have chosen Stanley Moore, a former state transportation official, to replace convicted County Commissioner William Beavers, even though Moore had recent ethics issues of his own.

WBBM Newsradio's John Cody reports Democratic committeemen heard from 12 hopefuls before picking Moore to replace Beavers on the Cook County Board, even though Moore has just finished off paying a $3,000 fine for allegedly campaigning on the taxpayers’ dime.

Beavers lost his county commissioner's seat last month, after his federal conviction for tax evasion.

Moore, a former deputy director at the Illinois Department of Transportation, left that job four years ago, shortly before a state ethics probe into allegations he clocked into work on three days in 2008, while he was out seeking campaign donations for a failed run for the Illinois House.

Beavers, who once claimed he was "the hog with the big nuts," was convicted on charges related to--wait for it--misuse of campaign funds.

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