Monday, October 27, 2008
News / Clout City The latest tale of the take
Posted by Mick Dumke on Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 6:39 PM
If money talks in the race for state’s attorney like it does in most other campaigns, expect to hear a triumphant roar from Democrat Anita Alvarez and a muffled shout for help from Republican Tony Peraica. Green Party candidate Thomas O’Brien might not utter a peep.
Alvarez, preparing to launch another television ad in the next couple of days, has collected more than six times as much as Peraica in campaign donations since last winter’s primaries, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. Between February 5 and October 27, Alvarez raked in at least $1,225,142.35 in cash, in-kind contributions, and transfers from other political organizations. Peraica accepted about $193,813.
Peraica has accused O’Brien of being a stalking horse for Alvarez; they both deny it. But he’s either not raising much money or he’s not reporting it—so far, according to his campaign reports, he’s received a grand total of $420. He didn’t name his benefactors.
Maybe the worst news for Alvarez’s challengers is that she’s still going strong while their cash flows are slowing. In the last week alone she’s reported raising nearly $55,000 to Peraica’s $7,500 and O’Brien’s zilch.
It’s clearly nice to be a Democrat in Cook County. After winning the primary as a rookie unknown, Alvarez has received at least $126,650 from political players and groups like incumbent state’s attorney Dick Devine; former sheriff Michael Sheahan; aldermen Richard Mell, William Banks, George Cardenas, and Ed Burke; Burke’s wife, Illinois Appellate Court judge Anne Burke; state senator James DeLeo; primary opponent and county commissioner Larry Suffredin; county assessor Jim Houlihan; mayoral brothers Michael and William Daley; and labor organizations including SEIU, the Chicago Federation of Labor, AFSCME, and the United Food and Commercial Workers. A handful of suburban GOP groups and some trade organizations have pitched in $8,395 for Peraica.
| CAMPAIGN HAUL, 2/5/2008-10/27/2008 |
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| CONTRIBUTION TYPE | ALVAREZ | PERAICA | O'BRIEN |
| ITEMIZED CASH | $ 924,905.67 | $ 170,856.00 |
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| NOT ITEMIZED CASH | $ 31,149.00 | $ 10,812.00 | $ 420.00 |
| TRANSFERS | $ 126,650.00 | $ 8,395.00 |
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| IN-KIND | $ 142,437.68 | $ 3,750.00 |
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| TOTAL | $ 1,225,142.35 | $ 193,813.00 | $ 420.00 |
Note: Takes into account what their campaigns have reported through Monday, October 27.
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Thank you, Mick, for the mathematical proof that Alvarez is a verified, bought and paid for daley machine whore. The fact that she is a woman has no relevance to her whore status.
I heard it today the Machine's main Black Ho's, the 8th ward organization is running ads for Alvarez. Alvarez will probabily win because all the Hamburgs,need someone to protect their corruption. Nevertheless, Alvarez will have a cloud over her head.
Tony Peraica could be the next Bernard Carey. There is a big move afoot in the African American community that will not blindly and uncritically support Anita Alvarez. Anita Alvarez worked 22 years at the Cook County States Attorney under Richard Daley and Richard Devine and never said a peep and worked on appeals.
A vote for ANITA ALVAREZ is a vote for DALEY/DEVINE/BURGE!!! Vote for real change TONY PERAICA! STOP BURGE
I'm voting for Peraica. I'm tired of paying for corruption every year. Lets break it up!
Are all you Peraica e-goon bloggers gonna be sad next Tuesday night when Phony Tony losses by the biggest margin in his pathetic corruption ridden political career? He's gonna get his ass handed to him and there could hardly be someone more deserving of the ass kicking that is coming his way.
" ... Alvarez has received at least $126,650 from political players ... " This race is a point in case of why corruption flourishes in Chicago and Cook County. Although these are two very distinct candidates, in the final analysis the most significant distinction they have drawn between each other on the stump is the priority they attach to wrongdoing in the public sector. Alverez' success boils down to ONE WORD she issues whenever asked about public corruption (paraphrasing): "As former head of the public corruption unit, we will continue to pursue public corruption ... BUT ... public corruption is the responsibility of the Feds. We don't have the resources." Alverez is running on her record of looking the other way.
Paraphrasing Alvarez: "We will pursue white-collar crime in govt as soon as the last rapist and armed robber in Cook County is behind bars." ... and Cook County's pols say, sounds good to me!
Alvarez: lack of change Cook County pols can believe in
Tony Peraica interview 10-23-08 @ his office. See how he feels about Ms. Alvarez and what he will do about corruption. Parts 2, 3, and 4 are on youtube as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAmJRvBMI9s
Does the S.E.I.U Union support police torture. S.I.E.U supports,and will contribute workers and money to Machine candidate Alvarez.
- , We won't be as sorry as you. If you like whats going on in Cook County, vote for Alvarez. Than don't cry later, when nothing changes and your corruption tax goes up again on your County Tax Bill.
SEIU takes money from poor janitors and donates to Political Leaders that want to eliminate Unions. Todd Stroger, Rich Daley, Anita Alavarez. Anita knew they were torturing African Americans, she should be punished by AA not voting for her.
African Americans should not vote for Anita Alvarez. Burge should of been indicted by the Cook County States Attorney years ago. Devine and Daley are racists. VOTE FOR TONY PERAICA FOR SA DEMOCRATS FOR PERAICA AFRICAN AMERICANS FOR PERAICA
African Americans read the papers and what they read about Anita Alvarez is not good. She knew Burge was torturing those poor men and did nothing to upset former Cook County States Attorney Rich Daley.
That's a long list of people who'll be calling in favors to Alvarez after she's elected. I hope Peraica is elected, at least he's better than Alvarez. Maybe that will open the door for a few more Republicans in Crook County.
I will support Alvarez because I'm a Daley loyalist!
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