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East Chicago Politics: A Cornucopia Of Corruption, Tina Ebenger, Tracey Mccabe
East Chicago Politics: A Cornucopia Of Corruption, Tina Ebenger, Tracey Mccabe
Midwest Social Sciences Journal
Despite the comical title, there is a lot of corruption in East Chicago (IN) politics. One mayoral election had to have a “do-over” because of fraudulent absentee ballots, and a former mayor is doing time in jail for using public monies to remodel his home. This cornucopia of corruption extended to the indictment of six public officials (the so-called Sidewalk Six) in East Chicago for misusing public funds for political gain, specifically vote-buying, in the 1999 mayoral reelection of Robert Pastrick. These officials, ranging from a parks superintendent to a city engineer to several city council members, bought votes by …