"Hog with the big nuts" goes commando: Ex-Chicago alderman freed from prison

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William Beavers, the former Chicago alderman and Cook County commissioner who once boasted that he was "the hog with big nuts," was released from federal prison yesterday.

Beavers is one of the 33 Chicago alderman convicted of crimes since 1973--there are only 50 members of the City Council. The South Side Democrat spent six months in the federal pen for tax evasion.

The Beavers family feuded for many years with the Jesse Jackson clan. "Junior," a former congressmen, is still in prison; his wife, Sandi, will check into the house with many doors after he is released.

The feud is over--attrition was the victor.

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