Illinois government is a culture of corruption
Its hard not to find a state that is steeped in corruption, but few come close to Illinois. Ten Chicago city aldermen, seven municipal officials or workers, five state officials, five former governors and seven Congressmen have been censured, charged, impeached, forced to resign or imprisoned for corruptionboth Democrats and Republicans.
The most notable ones in this modern era are former U.S. representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D), former U.S. Representative Aaron Schock (R), four of the past several governorsOtto Kerner (D), Dan Walker (D), George Ryan (R) and Rod Blagojevich (D)former Auditor General Frank Mautino, and Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller and treasurer of the City of Dixon…
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