Patrick Daley gets caught in the till again, thanks to Chicago Sun-Times
Patrick Daley serves in the U.S. Army after serving himself to Chicago Taxpayer loot. Look if you think Mayor Daley is not aware of the contracts and deals, you missed a movie that depicts the Daley Administration, it is called "The Godfather". Patrick McDonough
Hidden in the sewers
tracking the daleys | Mayor's son, nephew had another government deal -- for $200,000 with Water Reclamation District
February 14, 2008
BY TIM NOVAK
During the year that Mayor Daley's son had a hidden ownership stake in a sewer company, the business not only landed lucrative deals at City Hall, it also got work from another local government -- the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
Records show the Water Reclamation District paid the company, Municipal Sewer Services, more than $200,000 to inspect sewers under a contract awarded in 2004. At the time, the agency's top administrator was John Farnan, a longtime member of the 11th Ward Democratic organization run by the mayor's brother, Cook County Commissioner John Daley. Farnan, who has since retired, did not return calls seeking comment.
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07/03: Patrick Daley signed a lease on behalf of Municipal Sewer Services
02/04: Company files ownership disclosure statement without P. Daley and R. Vanecko
03/04: Copmany fails to name owners to Water Reclamation District
Water Reclamation District officials say they didn't know the mayor's son, Patrick, and nephew, Robert Vanecko, owned 5 percent of the company, whose biggest customer was City Hall. Neither man's name was listed in contract documents obtained from the Water Reclamation District, the agency that treats sewage in Cook County. But the papers do contain the name MSS Investors LLC, a company the Sun-Times previously reported was owned by Patrick Daley and Robert Vanecko.
"I didn't see the Daley name on any of the disclosure statements,'' said Richard Lanyon, the district's general superintendent, who replaced Farnan. "That's the only thing we have, unless one of the commissioners knew he was involved with that company."
Two of the district's elected commissioners -- President Terrence J. O'Brien and Finance Chairman Gloria Alitto Majewski -- said they approved the contract but never knew the mayor's son was involved.
Mayor Daley had a similar reaction two months ago, when the Sun-Times exposed his son's hidden interest in the company and that it got millions of dollars in work from the city. That report prompted an investigation by the city's inspector general that is ongoing.
Under its contracts with the city and with the Water Reclamation District, Municipal Sewer Services was required to disclose the company's owners.
But what the company told the city about its ownership, in papers filed Feb. 24, 2004, was different from what it told the Water Reclamation District about a month later. And Patrick Daley and Vanecko's names are omitted from both documents, even though they were owners.
In a phone call, Anthony Duffy, who was president of Municipal Sewer Services at the time, declined to explain why he filed two different ownership forms, saying, "I understand there is an investigation being carried out." Duffy is no longer with Municipal Sewer Services.
A company spokesman said the Water Reclamation District filing was correct, adding: "That said, we are currently reviewing everything related to the company's work on behalf of the city of Chicago. Out of respect to that effort and the efforts of the city of Chicago's inspector general, it would not be appropriate to address any details regarding past contracts at this time."
Duffy and majority owners Robert Bobb and Joseph McInerney created Municipal Sewer Services in 2003, buying a bankrupt company and taking over its two expiring contracts to inspect city sewers with video equipment. The mayor's son and nephew were original investors, the Sun-Times has reported. Rather than seek new bids, City Hall extended the contracts for a year -- extensions worth $3 million to Municipal Sewer Services.
The company got the Water Reclamation District contract a few months later.
Patrick Daley and Vanecko left the company after about a year, amid the federal investigation of the city's Hired Truck Program. One of the trucking companies hired by the city also was a subcontractor for the sewer company.
Municipal Sewer Services still does business with the city and the Water Reclamation District.
Shortly after cashing out, Patrick Daley enlisted in the Army. Still in the Army, he couldn't be reached for comment. A spokesman for Vanecko said he knew nothing about the water reclamation contract.
Mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard said, "The mayor's response has not changed since he last told you that he wasn't aware of his son's investment, and he wishes his son had made wiser choices."
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• *July 2003: Patrick Daley signed a lease on behalf of Municipal Sewer Services.
• *February 2004: The company filed an ownership disclosure statement with the city of Chicago that failed to include Patrick Daley and Robert Vanecko.
• *March 2004: The company told the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District that its owners included MSS Investors LLC without naming its owners -- Patrick Daley and Robert Vanecko.
Comments
WHERE ARE THE MOTHER F@#%&*u FEDS!someone needs to tape all these stories to a brick and whip it through the windows of that new fbi office on roosevelt and damen. i'm not violent so it can't be me. it needs to be done though. i worked with the fbi on some cases and they seem much smarter than how they are handling daley. makes no sense to me.
(Response) I suggest a more subtle approach
Posted by: tom ryan | February 15, 2008 11:28 AM
bob vanecko has told the suntimes he knows nothing about the $200,000 contrct. i bet that $200,000 was a complete ghost scam. no work done for it.
Posted by: tom ryan | February 15, 2008 11:30 AM
This is the deal breaker.
Posted by: Just asking | February 15, 2008 5:45 PM
hey dickie the boys from down the street might look into this.
Posted by: frank b ivers | February 16, 2008 9:40 AM
Faceoff
NEW BOOK | Laski, Daley exchange verbal blows over what mayor knew
February 15, 2008
As a maverick alderman, then city clerk, Jim Laski was a constant thorn in Mayor Daley's side. Now that Laski has been released from prison and written a tell-all book, the thorn has turned into a knife.
The war of words between political rivals escalated Thursday when Daley suggested that the convicted former city clerk has "a lot of personal problems" and that he's making wild post-prison allegations in a desperate attempt to sell his self-published book.
Laski fired back that Daley was "blatantly lying" and lacks the "guts" to take responsibility for his actions.
The mayor got the whole thing started again when he made a thinly veiled reference to Laski's well-publicized bout with drinking and drugs while responding for the first time to Laski's claim that Daley has a "selective memory" and "knows more than he says he does" about the Hired Truck scandal.
Laski has acknowledged his drinking and substance-abuse problems, and he went cold turkey shortly before going off to a federal prison in West Virginia.
"Jim Laski's had a lot of personal problems in his life, and challenges. I'm not gonna [respond] to his personal challenges. He should get on with his life," Daley said.
The mayor was asked point-blank whether Laski was lying when he claimed to have worked through Daley's top lieutenants to get Hired Truck business for the lifelong friend who betrayed him.
"He'll say everything in a book about me. Nobody else. That's how it is," Daley said, claiming Laski is "definitely" trying to sell the book by making such allegations.
Daley appointed Laski to fill an aldermanic vacancy in the 23rd Ward, only to watch his political ally turn into an enemy. Laski led a 1992 City Council rebellion against successive property tax increases proposed by the mayor. Three years later, he blew the lid on millions of dollars in unpaid water bills and parking tickets owed by city employees.
That's apparently why the mayor says it defies credibility for Laski to suggest that a whispering Daley had asked Laski during a private meeting whether he had "heard anything from the guys down the street," meaning federal prosecutors, and suggested Laski get a "buffer" to shield himself from blame.
"When is he gonna have the guts to stand up and tell the truth? It's typical Daley," Laski said. "Somebody called him on something, and he doesn't like it. He's the mayor. He's not God. Take responsibility."
Laski, 54, pleaded guilty in 2006 to accepting $48,000 in bribes in exchange for steering Hired Truck business to lifelong friend Mike Jones. He also admitted that he coached a witness to lie to a grand jury.
Posted by: Daley denies any knowledge of Hired Trucks Again | February 16, 2008 2:08 PM
i still say throw the brick. maybe that will get someones attention.
Posted by: tom ryan | February 17, 2008 3:12 PM
THE $63 MILLION DOLLAR LOAN THAT VANECKO GOT FROM THE CITY PENSION FUNDS WAS TO SAVE HIS ASS ON THAT HIGH RISE HE IS BUILDING ON MICHIGAN AND ROOSEVELT. DALEY IS GOING TO SHORE UP PENSION FUNDS FROM THE SALE OF MIDWAY AIRPORT. THAT IS A GIMMICK TO MAKE THE PEOPLE OVERLOOK THE $63 MILLION THAT VANECKO IS FLUSHING DOWN THE TOILET.see atatched article;
Sales of new condos and townhomes in the downtown Chicago market plummeted 46% in the first quarter to 1,207 units, the lowest first-quarter total in four years. The number of new units proposed during the first quarter also fell sharply, but fears of an oversupply persist.
;HEY PATRICK FITZGERALD, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
Posted by: tom ryan | February 18, 2008 9:21 PM