I hope there wasn’t any sex in the Champagne Room.
What’s great is what triggered the paper to investigate:
The Star newspaper requested the AmEx invoice, along with the reimbursement check, at a time when the Finance Committee was debating Smith’s prepaid lodging expenses for a coming International Council of Shopping Centers convention in Las Vegas.
What Happens in Vegas……
Weller’s campaign must be a ball
Mayor Michael Smith of New Lenox, Weller?s campaign chairman, gave the welcome.
?I can always turn to Jerry for assistance, and he?s always there to give a hand ? that?s very, very important,? Smith told the gathering.
Given Weller’s ties to MZM co-conspirators that are at the center of the Duke Cunningham scandal who were apparently running a prostitution ring, there are lots of interesting questions to ask for an enterprising reporter.