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case and $ 7,500 to support a routine zoning change, both in 1989. But he was acquitted of the most serious allegation, sharing $ 72,500 for fixing a
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of what became the 26th Street/Chinatown "crew" of the
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912:"AS ROTI LAY DYING, PROSECUTORS WERE SPINNING"
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153:on a city paving crew. During
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614:Chicago Politics Ward by Ward
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554:"Roti isn't laughing anymore"
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