Prof: Both Strogers Achieved At County Board
Looking back as new board president to be sworn in: John Stroger replaced old County Hospital, Todd put through tax hike to keep county afloat.
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Looking back as new board president to be sworn in: John Stroger replaced old County Hospital, Todd put through tax hike to keep county afloat.
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger received a standing ovation from county commissioners Wednesday as he presided over his final board meeting.
Documents show the Todd Stroger administration threw a zoo party for families affected by flooding. It cost nearly $79,000 in federal grant money meant to restore flood-damaged homes.
The Cook County Board meets tomorrow, and it is the last time Todd Stroger will preside.
With a top ally telling the incoming county board president to "shut up", Stroger tells commissioners he is working with his replacement, although maybe not as fast as her team would like.
Amid a war of words between sitting Cook County Board President Todd Stroger and President-elect Toni Preckwinkle, a key Stroger ally told Preckwinkle Tuesday to "shut up and get over here and try to do some work."
Word is the change-over to a new Cook County Board presidency has not been going smoothly.
Outgoing Cook County President Todd Stroger's top spokesman and boyhood pal Eugene Mullins resigned on Friday.
Veteran South Side alderman Toni Preckwinkle has won the contest for Cook County Board president, nine months after walloping incumbent Todd Stroger in the primary.
Voters on Tuesday are casting their pick to replace Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, who came in last in the Democratic primary this past February.
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger's office underwent an after-hours security inspection but top aides denied that the office was swept for bugging devices.
The late-night activity in the county building was for a TV shoot.
Fired city worker Tommie Talley has returned to government work — this time for lame-duck Cook County Board President Todd Stroger.
After spending three nights behind bars, a disgraced former top aide to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger was released from jail Thursday afternoon when she posted bond.
Carla Oglesby, a disgraced top aide to Cook County board president Todd Stroger, will spend yet another night in the Cook County Jail.
A top aide to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has resigned, a day after she was arrested on charges that she bilked taxpayers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
