"Illinois Strip Club Paid Mayor to Run Prostitution for Years, U.S. Says"

[DrLeftover]

In 2003, prosecutors said, the mayor of a city in Northern Illinois sent a message to the operators of a local strip club: Pay me, or I’ll shut you down.

The mayor of Harvey, Ill., a city of about 18,000 just south of Chicago, knew that the strip club allowed prostitution in a private area of the club, and he demanded $3,000 a month from the business to let it stay open, according to prosecutors.

According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the club yielded to the threat, eventually even acquiescing to a demand from the mayor to double its payment to $6,000 per month. The scheme continued for about 15 years, prosecutors said.

Illinois Strip Club Paid Mayor to Run Prostitution for Years, U.S. Says

In 2003, prosecutors said, the mayor of a city in Northern Illinois sent a message to the operators of a

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[MrDawn]

looool now that's what I call a pimp.

 

[riseabovethis]

You do realise that corruption is the American Dream. German Dream, Canadian Dream, the dream in any country and to fulfill it people who do this have to think the same thing, that they can get away with it. No doubt that mayor is being investigated and I think the easiest way to investigate him is to look at his tax records and compare it to his assets and see if he's been living beyond his means.

 

[Webster]

*humorusly jokes* 'Least its' not Chicago we're talking about here...