Wife, son of Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones made six figures working with city – Daily Southtown*

Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones presides over a City Council meeting Nov. 9, 2023. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)Saprina Jones apparently was chosen by city officials to work for programs in Calumet City paid for by state funded grants while Thaddeus Jones Jr. worked directly for the city. Mayor Jones is also a state representative.
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Tommy Paine
2 years ago

This guy is a typical political grifter.

Rob tri
2 years ago
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Another crook here who learned how to skim the system.

debtsor
2 years ago

You can give like a king Calumet City on several hundred thousand dollars a year.

Hello, Indiana!
2 years ago

Funny how some folks get into public office by demonizing the opposition yet turn out to be just as bad or worse.

Tommy Paine
2 years ago

Oh and he does. I have heard him bad mouth his political opponents as if he was the pillar of society.

Old Joe
2 years ago

I’ll bet all 3 couldn’t get a 6 figure in the private sector. This is why WP readers should be stackers. It’s gonna come home to roost one day.

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