The Case of the Missing Parking Fines
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The Daley Boys were sitting in Rich’s office. Rich was mayor of the city of Chicago, just like his father had been before him. His brother Bill, older by two years and balder by a lot, was a prominent downtown attorney and Rich’s most trusted adviser. The brothers had just found out that city employees owed more than $6 million in parking fines, and they weren’t sure what to do about it.
“Don’t fret, Rich,” Bill said. “Send it to the City Council Finance Committee and let them sit on it for a while.”
Laski had never been a good chum to the Daley Boys, but they tried to get along with him anyway, at least for the time being.
“Gosh, he sure is angry,” Rich said.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): Illustration/ Tony Griff.
