Sunday, May 18, 2014

Outfit Connections?

  • John Bills fits right in to the world of colorful characters who do the heavy lifting for Chicago politicians every election — raising donations, knocking on doors and delivering all of the vote.

    But in Bills' case, the colors have often been a bit brighter. A South Side native, his family history is dotted with connections to organized crime. A huge White Sox fan, he got a job with the club, celebrated the World Series victory on the field with players and still sports a replica championship ring.

    A veteran political worker for House Speaker Michael Madigan, he earned a reputation as a top fundraiser and vote-getter in the vaunted 13th Ward Democratic Organization who fell in and out of favor with his boss and with fellow precinct captains who turned to him when they couldn't make their numbers.

    Federal investigators last week painted another picture of Bills, as the linchpin in a decadelong corruption scheme that brought red light cameras to Chicago.
Gee, the Outfit-involved connections in politics and connected companies making money off taxpayers. The Tribune is careful not to say that the Mob is actually running Chicago as a sideline to their other "legitimate" businesses, but they are definitely pointing out that yet again, another person on the periphery of the Organized Crime circles seems to be in a position of ...maybe not actual power to direct things, but certainly close enough to nudge or steer things to benefit other figures who can keep the light out of the shadows. Friends of Friends perhaps.

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33 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Piece of shit MIKEY MADIGAN cronies again. Now shitigan is trying to stop a referendum on November's ballots calling for
Term Limits!!! His law firm filed suit to try to stop it. He wants to reign from his grave through his adopted daughter. And lets see if candidate Rauner is going to use his billions to stop shitigan????!!! Or is he really part of the machine?

5/18/2014 01:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, shades of the Godfather.

5/18/2014 01:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Richie Daley openly hung around with Mob connected folks. His old man was joined at the hip with the Mafia. No surprises here. Organized crime is alive and well in Crook County.

5/18/2014 01:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The modern day outfit runs on city contracts, period.

Outfit gets a cut out of everything purchased.

It's funny how it's never reported....shocking.

5/18/2014 04:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Madigan represents a hispanic district now but still gets elected. Wake up people!!

5/18/2014 05:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

It has always been this way.

Why should we be surprised when we hear this or that black politicians are supported by ghetto gangs and poverty pimping rev-runs or that Hispanic politicians has family members who run illegal alien operations or have connections to drug cartels.

I always thought when some cops said we should have gone with the Teamsters we would have the mob on our side. But dice with the devil and...

5/18/2014 06:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The outfit must really have the goods on shortshanks to have had that much power.

Is Rahm now the Fairy Godfather?

5/18/2014 06:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

leave the gun

take the canoli

5/18/2014 07:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

John Bills' father was huge in the mob with Roti, La pitri and the rest of those Bridgeport sh%+birds

5/18/2014 07:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Never vote for an incumbent. NEVER

5/18/2014 07:49:00 AM  
Blogger Mr. SouthSide said...

Let's Go Go Go White Sox....

5/18/2014 08:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a joke. You know none of those clouted babies pay the red light fines

5/18/2014 10:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Of course Rauner is part of the machine, i.e., the ruling class.

Rahm can't wait to get the guy who made him his fortune in the governor's office. Once there, we can kiss our pensions good-bye.

5/18/2014 10:24:00 AM  
Blogger Cuthbert J Twillie said...

Here's a NON Tribune Link to the article, it's on the FindLaw website (best website for SCOTUS and other court decisions)......
>>> Colorful past for insider at center of red light probe (Distributed by MCT Information Services) <<<

Interesting article. That guy Bills seems to be a real character. Natch he'd work for the City his entire life.

5/18/2014 11:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love how they say outfit connections, and all the idiots get excited because they think the mob is involved. Anybody can say outfit connections but what are the actually if any which there probably are none. Just helps sells papers the only organized crime that has strength are the politicians

5/18/2014 01:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Welcome to Chicago... The only way to survive!

Theme song from Metra

5/18/2014 01:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Yeah, buffers. The family had alot of buffers"

5/18/2014 05:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I love how they say outfit connections, and all the idiots get excited because they think the mob is involved. Anybody can say outfit connections but what are the actually if any which there probably are none. Just helps sells papers the only organized crime that has strength are the politicians

5/18/2014 01:16:00 PM
Are you delusional? Though the mob is not as strong as it used to be it is still around, and to an extent, still has its tentacles in this police department and city government.

5/18/2014 07:06:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

>>>Anonymous said...
Richie Daley openly hung around with Mob connected folks. His old man was joined at the hip with the Mafia. No surprises here. Organized crime is alive and well in Crook County.

5/18/2014 01:33:00 AM<<<

Son of Richard M. Daley, Patrick comes with the Russian Mafia, AKA The Vanecko Connection.

5/19/2014 12:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's called "affirmative action."

5/19/2014 08:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

google sam bills

5/19/2014 10:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This guy was a real somebody somebuddy sent.

He has done very well for himself.

Like so many before him who did the pols inside dirty work, he will fall on the sword, do his time and life goes on.

Used as pawns by the feds who sacrifice them as scare tactics to the real power brokers who are never touched.

And never really scared.

5/19/2014 10:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Madigroin an Co. must be paying off the Feds to keep all their Illegal Goins -On Quiet. Notice that politically-involved Fed Investigations ALWAYS only go so far up, then mysteriously stop, just like CPD does. When theres Massive Corruption at the Top, these "Investigations" only feed a few small fish to the Sheeple-Public, to appease them, just like the U.S. Attorney did with the Blago Investigation. Proof positive that our Government is Corrupt from Top to Bottom.

5/19/2014 10:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I love how they say outfit connections, and all the idiots get excited because they think the mob is involved. Anybody can say outfit connections but what are the actually if any which there probably are none. Just helps sells papers the only organized crime that has strength are the politicians

You must be a young man if you believe that. The 1st ward ran it for years. No connections, Dont we have an exempt sitting in the joint who has mob connections and an ex supt who made headlines because of his friendship with a mob connected guy?

5/19/2014 10:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Meanwhile, Lisa Madigan and Anita Alvarez continue to turn their blind eyes toward corruption. While Chicago coppers spend all of their time busting people for pot possession instead of issuing tickets. Fuck this corrupt state to hell.

5/19/2014 09:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

To 10:51 am I'm not young and yes we had all those things I'm just saying they really don't have the power anymore. They don't have nearly the power as the reverends or HDO had, in the last 15yrs

5/19/2014 10:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
This guy was a real somebody somebuddy sent.

He has done very well for himself.

Like so many before him who did the pols inside dirty work, he will fall on the sword, do his time and life goes on.

Used as pawns by the feds who sacrifice them as scare tactics to the real power brokers who are never touched.

And never really scared.

5/19/2014 10:34:00 AM

Don't think this guy will fall on his sword and take all the heat. He likes the good life too much and will think of himself. As he always has. All who know him are nodding their heads.

5/20/2014 06:44:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Madigan represents a hispanic district now but still gets elected. Wake up people!!

5/18/2014 05:43:00 AM
Same goes for Ald. Burke.

5/20/2014 10:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
I love how they say outfit connections, and all the idiots get excited because they think the mob is involved. Anybody can say outfit connections but what are the actually if any which there probably are none. Just helps sells papers the only organized crime that has strength are the politicians

5/18/2014 01:16:00 PM
The only idiot is you or you are from a mob family. The families in Chicago are a lot weaker then in past years, but they are still here and still have influence in political circles. I am familiar with the Bills family, one who lived in Bridgeport and one who lived in Oak Lawn and the folks they hung around with. The mob is a lot more low key these days because they have learned.

5/20/2014 10:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Business as usual in the Big Shitty,talk is cheap,notoriously said,catch me if you can!

5/20/2014 10:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

madigan is the godfather

5/21/2014 09:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love how they say outfit connected when their connection is, they are the outfit.

5/23/2014 12:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I bet I know exactly who made that statement. The biggest wanna-be mobster on the job but they know he's a big mouth and that's a deal breaker so he's out of luck.

5/23/2014 08:27:00 AM  

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