Stroger Corruption?

Say it isn't so:

• $100-million dollars. That’s the amount of money Cook County has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security since 2003 to protect its citizens in times of terrorist attacks or emergencies.

  The grants are a direct result of the tragedy of 9/11.

  But are we any safer? It depends on whom you ask.

We're going to go out on a limb here and say "no."

• At issue is Project Shield, a controversial program begun under the administration of the late County Board President John Stroger and continued by his successor and son Todd Stroger.

  “I think the federal government has to investigate what’s happened with Project Shield so far and re-evaluate its effectiveness,” he said after writing a letter asking for the probe.

  The County has, according to a Freedom of Information Act request, spent nearly $43-million to outfit suburban police cars with cameras capable of feeding back live video to a command center. During times of emergencies, the cameras are supposed to give first responders a better idea of what is happening on the ground.

Who would have thought that John Stroger was involved in anything underhanded and nefarious? And Urkel Stroger? A paragon of virtue if all the stories are to be believed. Now the question becomes is Quigley acting on orders and who's giving those orders?