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Trustee urges scrutiny of park district actions, alleges procurement and political-payments concerns
Summary
During board-comments the trustee publicly accused members of the neighboring park district of political patronage, questioned demolition-bid decisions and asserted the village paid $4.5 million in a prior property transaction; the park district did not respond during the meeting.
TINLEY PARK, Ill. — In a lengthy board-comments segment at the April 7 Village Board meeting, Trustee Bill Brady criticized leaders of the neighboring park district, alleging improper payments, political patronage and questionable demolition procurement practices tied to a long-contested property project.
"We were forced to pay 4 and 1/2 million, Pat," the trustee said, recounting what he described as a prior state-surplus transaction. He alleged the park district's leaders and associates later "paid him almost $200,000" as a project…
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