Jeffrey Tobolski, ex-McCook mayor and Cook County commissioner, gets four years in prison in series of shakedowns – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

For years, federal prosecutors say, he used his elected offices to create a fiefdom of graft, shaking down business owners who needed liquor licenses, forcing a developer to install air conditioning in his home for free, and even enlisting McCook’s police chief as his personal bag man. In addition to these and other gifts, Tobolski admitted to accepting more than a quarter of a million dollars in bribes or extortion payments over the years.