Thursday, July 31, 2008

Peraica giving back donations

News concerning the Cook County State's Attorney race from the Sun-Times:

One day after a Sun-Times story about political donations Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica received from men with criminal convictions, Peraica announced he is giving the money back.

Peraica will return funds donated to him by the four men between 2001 and 2006. He accepted the donations before his current campaign for Cook County state's attorney, one of the county's top law enforcement jobs.

"It is true that my past campaigns did receive contributions from four citizens who ran afoul of the law. Because I believe the Cook County state's attorney should avoid even the appearance of impropriety, I will voluntarily return the $2,700," a statement from Peraica said.

One of the donors, Thomas Fazy, was murdered in 2004. Peraica will give his $400 donation to charity, spokesman Dan Patlak said.

Also Tuesday, Peraica demanded that his Democratic opponent, Anita Alvarez, return "more than 80" donations from employees of the state's attorney's office, where she has worked for 22 years.

Alvarez spokeswoman Sally Daly said the "small contributions" came from friends and co-workers.

1 comment:

  1. Peraica is such a phony blow hard crook. Would he just go away already.

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