Rings for Everyone!
- Imagine finding three Chicago Bulls championship rings inside a storage locker sold at auction for just $450.
That's exactly what happened to Chris Amer and his partner, Cleveland Brackett. Ends up the 10x10 storage locker they purchased last week belonged to former Cook County Board President John Stroger, who died in January 2008. Amer said he had about a minute in the locker to decide whether to bid on it.
"When I saw Todd Stroger's name on a tag for golf bag, I figured the locker had some good items inside," Amer said.
Those good items included the Bulls championship rings and several awards Stroger received, including one from U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Politicians with championship rings. Worth maybe a few thousand bucks? Shouldn't large gifts like that have been declared, maybe donated to the taxpayers of Cook County? But they turn up hidden away, like all large cash gifts and valuable objects in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
45 Comments:
Whoopsie
Where the fuck was his son Todd "Erkle" Stroger? I am sure he knew about the locker or had been notified it was going to be sold. The same way this moron ran the county. Right into the ground. Who was the Illinois Sec. of State back in the day who died while in office in Springfield. Went through his hotel room and found shoe boxes full of cash. Not much has changed I guess.
The moguls who own the Chicago sports teams I am sure hand this stuff out to the political big shots. Free seats and sky boxes plus food and drink for all the corrupt connected thieves. The rest of us watch the games on tv.
Remember the Democratic machine then put his son in the seat while saying that the old man was fine.
The Democratic machine is corrupt and people that vote for them are morallly bankrupt.
Many of those championship rings are duplicated by the winning team (or league) and put up for sale to the public at a much reduced price. Some of these replicas cost $600-$1200 dollars and are made with semiprecious stones. Just because it looks like the real thing doesn't mean it is...just sayin'... of course, with the late Fat Cat Stroger, who knows.
and yet, somehow, they never can seem to figure out how to take it with them.
WHY does a politician own a sports championship ring (or three)? Aren't they only for the franchise personnel?
Yeah and why was there a money order in there that wasn't cashed? That's interesting.
Reports say the owners tried to get the Toddler to respond and keep the storage items from going to auction, but he didn't get back to them.
Now, watch him sue to get the items back for free.
the rings are replicas and are set in an acrylic presentation.. they were given to season ticket holders after 96 and 97 seasons. relax.
Were they in the requisite shoebox?
The rings are not real......
I have one from the white sox 2005 world series.
They are replicas, made like paper weights, incised in glass.
They look nice though
These were given to all season ticket holders, something like 6000 of these replicas were given out. I doubt they are all that valuable.
Probably the tip of the iceberg.
---not a cop
Maybe shortshanks has a storage locker somewhere!
why would you donate a bulls ring? come on. todd was a dunce but a personal gift is a personal gift.
by the way, these rings were also replicas and not real bulls rings.
Signed by the dead hand of John Stroger.
When you are the King of Shitcago or Crook County you can do whatever you want. CCSAO is afraid to go after the people who give them their Jobs and guarantee their re-election.
Look at daley, the POTUS & AG are afraid to hold him responsible for all his actions over the years. He OWNS Them !
It's all BS !!!
GOOD POINT, It shows they all take bribes.
This is the Chicago / Cook County way. If Stroger had rings from the BULLS playoffs what did Daley get?
Look at Macnewguy, He has many front row seats to sporting events????? Yes, he purchased them. Then show us the stubs????
Was there any record of these gifts? (I bet there is none) Maybe the two IG offices should have a current list of all gifts given to the Mayor, County President or alderman?
The feds do it with each Department head.....
Remember the rest of the city or county employees must take ethic training. Do the leaders take it?
Andy Shaw and BGA should be asking these questions in a FOIA.
any dope??
They're not genuine rings. they're knockoffs that were produced as handouts by the organization. Thats why they're encased in lucite. Unlike the White Sox, who presented each employee of the organization with a genuine ring, the Bulls organization was too cheap and had these lucite kitsch rings made to give away to employees and apparently political hacks from the democratic machine.
Why do you think Todd didn't pay the back rent. What sleazeballs, even after they are dead. Still vote though.
and toddler and family are too fucking stupid to have kept the rent up or clear out daddy's old locker
Politicians at there best.....
Almost as good as the Paul Powel shoe box......anyone remember that classic IL corruption award?
Paul Powell was the Illinois Secretary of State back in the early 1960's. He died in a Springfield hotel room he used as his home away from home. Numerous shoe boxes full of cash were found in the closet of the room. Powell's favorite saying was..."I can smell the meat a cookin".
"Were they in the requisite shoebox?"
Actually, I believe that sort of swat is supposed to be kept in a "tin box".
The stroger family can't afford the monthly fee to rent a storage locker? I guess once you're out of politics and in the private sector your paycheck really takes a hit.
I would like to bid on paul powell storage locker of shoe boxes .
to answer 12:03 Paul Powell was the sec. of state with the shoe boxes packed with cash.
Who was the Illinois Sec. of State back in the day who died while in office in Springfield. Went through his hotel room and found shoe boxes full of cash. Not much has changed I guess.
Jessie White
The Secretary of State in question was John Carpenter and the cash in shoe boxes were found in a room inside his office in Springfield. That is if my memory is correct. I thought that I'd put in my two cents worth.
Great deal!
This definitely material for locker wars.
Can't complain ... Idiots keep voting them into office!!
Those rings are worthless. They are a dime a dozen. They are like getting a free Cubs towel on towel day. the media knows this. They, of course, are trying to make a story out of nothing.
Just goes to show you,under the table deals and benefits involving corrupt politics in this shitty,move on nothing to see here!
Jesse is spelled Jesse !
I've got a full size bears helmet signed by Walter Payton Hall of Famer...bidding starts at $8999.99!
They shoulda kept their mouths shut. Toddler might use clout to demand the items back. A couple jag offs who just had to brag about what they found. Idiots.
Remember you made checks out to "Paul Powell"? ---not to the Secretary of State? Nice way to pocket some $ on the side.....just saying............
Yeah and people commenting that 'POOR" Todd should have gotten them.
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If he wa sa season ticket holder, they all got replicas
The rings were "replica" rings used for presentations. No value at all.
"incised" in glass? every day I get a good laugh from these comments. would love to read some case reports from these scholars. no wonder a lot of the public think we're dolts.
They're not genuine rings. they're knockoffs that were produced as handouts by the organization. Thats why they're encased in lucite. Unlike the White Sox, who presented each employee of the organization with a genuine ring, the Bulls organization was too cheap and had these lucite kitsch rings made to give away to employees and apparently political hacks from the democratic machine.
4/25/2012 08:31:00 AM
You do realize the same person owns both teams?
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