Patch on Politics
Cook County's JFK? Dem Party Chairman Joe Berrios Takes Care of Family
If the Irish can stack government with family, the Puerto Rican can, too, says Berrios, who has several family members on his assessor's staff and a host of others on county, school and state payrolls.
"In government," says Joe Berrios, Cook County Democratic Party chairman, "people help people." So why shouldn't he help the people named Berrios with government jobs? Berrios believes he's just like President John F. Kennedy — minus the Irish, of course — and entirely justified in putting relatives on the government payroll. The various Berriosi pull in more than $1 million in salary and pension benefits, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. His family members are eminently qualified to hold the various positions he's hired or promoted them into. And, really, you shouldn't question this. As he told the Sun-Times Wednesday: “Look at a great president that we had, President Kennedy. Who’d he appoint attorney general? You know? Same thing…
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JOE IN LITH
11:11 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
There is absolutely too many opportunities to expound on the nepotism detailed here, so I'll ask just one question: $60,894 for a freaking toll collector??? That's over $30/hr. (The Tollway Authority is a whole separate subject of corruption). That job is a cashier job for crying out loud! Does anyone know of any cashier anywhere that makes half that amount. A cashier at McDonald's has a tougher … more ›