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Former Cook County state’s attorney candidate Clayton Harris III on Thursday will take over as chief of staff to House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, while Isabel “Izzy” Dobbel, political director at the Chicago Federation of Labor, will join his office later in January as deputy chief of staff.
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WOW!! Can Illinois machine politics get any more incestuous with pols & public sec unions becoming one and the same???: “while Isabel “Izzy” Dobbel, political director at the Chicago Federation of Labor, will join his office later in January as deputy chief of staff.”