American Bankers and the

American Bankers and the Local Media - As I said earlier this week, my story on the American Bankers brouhaha will probably kick off Monday, in five parts, more or less daily (one or two parts could get delayed). Things keep popping up here...

Legislative Auditor James Nobles has a guest editorial in the PiPress today which spells out his office's position rather more concisely than his office's report on the subject (warning - Huge PDF file). Money quote:

If you do not know — or accept — that the Attorney General Hatch was being deceptive on Jan. 8, you can reasonably conclude he broke the law. But if you accept — as I do — that he was being deceptive, you would conclude as I did that the attorney general's actions were disturbing, but not illegal.

Disturbing, but not illegal. That's fine. I don't think it's a news flash that Mike Hatch is a political mechanic of the first order, a man that'd fit into any Chicago ward (and I mean that in the sense of admiring people who are adept at politics, at least on some level!).

The real story here is in the coverage.

And we'll be talking about that starting Monday.

Posted by Mitch at June 20, 2003 03:06 PM