Here’s something to crank you up: Judge Maura Slattery Boyle, who set a bailable amount — $900,000 — for rich-daddy-blessed accused bike-lock murderer Muaz Haffar, who did not show up today in court and may have fled the country, maybe to Turkey, where he has contacts, is brother of Patrick Slattery, indicted City Hall insider in the matter of clout-sodden hiring practices. She had John Daley’s help in getting elected. Slatterys are good old Bridgeport family, friends of the Daleys. Are there any other ways they can produce mischief in the city?
Tangled the threads that bind
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Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by. View all posts by Jim Bowman
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The story that he attacked them for offering help just doesn’t add up. I don’t buy that story, there must have been a motive. More questions need to be asked and more facts presented……
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