The 2016 real estate transaction involved veteran Lake County Sen. Terry Link, identified by a source as the unnamed senator who wore a wire on a fellow lawmaker. The recording, made in August, captured what authorities said was a bribery offer that led to criminal charges against then-state Rep. Luis Arroyo of Chicago.
The buyer of Link’s Florida condo? The mother-in-law of a man who sources say is under investigation in the federal probe of state Sen. Martin Sandoval and SafeSpeed, the red-light camera company. Link said that tie is a coincidence.
“David Hochberg” 56 David dot com David Hochberg was making hard money, interest only loans to state senators to purchase vacation condos in FL? A good tv writer could turn Illinois corruption into a scripted television show with the cast of characters and the crazy situations they get themselves into. Just toss in some violence and some of the more salacious stuff (the massage parlors solis visited, and the crazy, violent underworld that’s part of that) and it’s House of Cards meets Sons of Anarchy. Now nobody go stealing my script idea, I’m gonna shop this around with my agent… Read more »
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
“David Hochberg” 56 David dot com David Hochberg was making hard money, interest only loans to state senators to purchase vacation condos in FL? A good tv writer could turn Illinois corruption into a scripted television show with the cast of characters and the crazy situations they get themselves into. Just toss in some violence and some of the more salacious stuff (the massage parlors solis visited, and the crazy, violent underworld that’s part of that) and it’s House of Cards meets Sons of Anarchy. Now nobody go stealing my script idea, I’m gonna shop this around with my agent… Read more »