Dollarwise, strictly speaking, this wasn’t the biggest mess, but damn if coming to a conclusion didn’t take 25 years and who knows how many taxpayer dollars.
Alexi has taken some hits lately and largely they appear to not look good, but legal. Whatever his prior experience was with the family bank, he’s getting things done for the State of Illinois and as someone who was a sharp critic during the campaign, this is another job well done.
He has a good future in Illinois politics and progressive Illinois activists should keep an eye out on how they should help him.
I think this was a huge mess – I read it has been going on for 25 years and costing taxpayers almost $3000 a week! Why wasn’t JBT dealing with this? Good for Alexi. He’s proven to be a great treasurer. What are the hits you’re talking about? I’ve only heard good things about him.