The Chicago Syndicate: Fred Barbara
Showing posts with label Fred Barbara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fred Barbara. Show all posts
Thursday, September 30, 2021

James Banks, Attorney & Banker, whose Father Represented Reputed Mobsters & Who's Bank was Affiliated with Operation Family Secrets Mafia Trial, Denied Video Gambling License

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Chicago attorney and banker James J. Banks, who has served on the board of the Illinois Tollways system for decades overseeing the state age...
Sunday, October 09, 2011

The Chicago Way Ideas Week Tour

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There's this thrill running up my leg — and I haven't had it too often — but it sure has been tingling like mad ever since I heard a...
Saturday, July 18, 2009

Millennium Park's Grill, AKA "Clout Cafe" Linked to Mob, Yet Pays No Property Taxes

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It wasn't long after the hinky backstory to the the Park Grill in Millennium Park earned it a moniker among political insiders isn't...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Courtroom Outbursts Don't Prevent Life Sentence for Reputed Mob Crew Boss Frank Calabrese Sr.

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With the national media finally interested in Illinois corruption, it's too bad they were focused on Springfield's dancing monkey sh...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Cook County State's Attorney Candidate Lobbied for Reputed Mob Associate's Company

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Larry Suffredin -- a self-styled reformer running for Cook County state's attorney -- lobbied for a landfill controlled by Fred Bruno Ba...
Saturday, November 10, 2007

Fedzhemier's

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Fedzheimer's -- the terrible malady that saps the memories of politicians when the feds begin snooping around -- claimed another victim ...
Monday, July 23, 2007

Daley Refuses to Answer Questions on Pal's Mob Connections

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Friends of mine: Fred Barbara 'Journalists don't carry guns . . . no, they carry the ink, the ink,'' railed Daley last Thurs...
Sunday, July 22, 2007

Banker Becomes Focus of Mob Testimony

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Friends of ours: Frank "Toots" Caruso, Nicholas Calabrese, Bruno "The Bomber" Roti, Fred Roti Friends of mine: Fred Barb...

Chicago's Mayor Friendly with Alledged Mob Associate?

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Friends of ours: Nicholas Calabrese, Angelo "The Hook" LaPietra, Frank Calabrese Sr., John Fecarotta, Anthony Doyle Friends of mi...
Sunday, January 25, 2004

Mob Ties Run throughout City Truck Program

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When the FBI was trying to bring down the mob's 26th Street crew two decades ago, it was investigating men such as Chicago Alderman Fred...