Chicago Mayor Fires Cousin in Corruption Scandal

Declaring there "are no sacred cows in my administration," Mayor Richard M. Daley fired one of his cousins Monday for his role in a scandal involving $40 million a year paid to politically connected trucking companies, some with mob ties.

"It doesn't matter who they are or whether they know me, they have to do the job," Daley said in announcing the firing of Mark Gyrion from a Water Department job.

Gyrion was the third city official to lose his job in the burgeoning scandal over the no-bids Hired Truck Program, now under investigation by federal prosecutors. The first was Angelo Torres, the former head of the truck program, who is charged with extortion. Last week, William Abolt resigned under pressure as city budget director.

Hmm... A relative of Mayor Daley, who bans firearms in his city of Chicago, is accused of corruption and mob ties? Why am I not surprised?

Posted on 2004-02-12 03:16:09.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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