Column: Crestwood Mayor Lou Presta’s sentencing shows how towns cannot afford corrupt public officials – Daily Southtown

"One might feel more compassion for Presta and his family if his transgression was a single, momentary lapse of judgment. He was mayor since 2013 and accomplished many good deeds while in office. But that’s what people expect from their elected officials, the judge said at sentencing. Sympathy for Presta, however, is tempered when one considers that the act of accepting a cash bribe was one of many events that abused the public trust."