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Nov. 3 2009 - 4:18 pm | 3 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

Hey, Todd: Make like ‘150 pounds of dynamite’ and blow!

Cook County Board President Todd Stroger late this afternoon filed his paperwork to run for for re-election.

By waiting until just before the filing deadline, Stroger secured the last position on the ballot, which is considered second best to the first spot.

“I feel great,” Stroger said after filing. “I feel like 150 pounds of dynamite.”

Unfortunately, in order to keep Cook County operating at full capacity of make-work jobs and ghost-payrollers,  the board has had to raise the tax on dynamite to $75 a pound.

Start raising cash, Todd!

Clout St: Todd Stroger files for re-election: ‘I feel like 150 pounds of dynamite’.


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