- Former Mayor Richard M. Daley is responding angrily to allegations about his wife’s favorite charitable project.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Regine Schlesinger reports, allegations surfaced last week that recipients of tax increment financing (TIF) grants from the city of Chicago under Daley were pressured to make donations to then First Lady Maggie Daley’s pet project, After School Matters.
The former Mayor calls those allegations “disgraceful.”
Daley called the allegations a personal insult to his wife. He says no one was ever pressured to donate to After School Matters.
Of course, the Inspector General's report never mentioned Mrs. Daley. It never mentioned that Rahm had a seat on the board in the past or that Mrs. Rahm currently is a member of the board. All it mentioned was a suspicious lack of transparency and a tendency for companies with city contracts to choose a mandatory charitable donation to a foundation that happens to be run by the ex-mayor's wife.
Business as usual.
Business as usual.