Cook County Commissioner William Beavers listens to a reporter's question at the federal building in Chicago, Thursday, March 21, 2013, after he was convicted of tax evasion for not declaring campaign cash he gambled away on slot machines as income. Beavers, whose commissioner's salary is $85,000, lost $500,000 over three years at Indiana's Horseshoe Casino, sometimes writing himself one $2,000 campaign check after another on daylong gambling binges. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
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Beavers Guilty of Tax Evasion
Cook County Commissioner continued to profess his innocence as he exited the federal courthouse after being found guilty of tax evasion. Phil Rogers reports.
With the convictions of Jesse Jackson Jr., Sandi Jackson and William Beavers all coming within a month of each other, the 7th Ward entered elite company in Chicago. It’s one of only four wards with three convicted politicians, along with the 23rd, the 28th and the 31st. Here’s a list of the city’s crooked officeholders, by ward.
1. Ald. Fred Roti, bribery
2. Ald. Fred Hubbard, embellzement
3. Ald. Tyrone Kenner, bribery
4. None yet
5. Ald. Lawrence Bloom, bribery and income tax evasion
6. None yet
7. Ald. William Beavers, tax evasion; Ald. Sandi Jackson and U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., using campaign funds for personal expenses
8. Ald. Marian Humes, bribery
9. Ald. Perry Hutchinson, insurance fraud
10. Ald. Ed Vrdolyak, real estate fraud
11. Ald. Patrick Huels, resigned after receiving a loan from a company that did city business
12. Ald. Donald Swinarski, bribery
13. Ald. Casimir Staszcuk, bribery; Ald. John Madrzyk, ghost payrolling
14. City Clerk Walter Kozubowski, ghost payrolling;
