Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica Loses Office Lease!!!

According to the Chicago Tribune, it looks like Cook County Board Commissioner Tony Peraica might have to find a new district office.

His County Board colleagues have voted to terminate the lease for Peraica's district office after the county Ethics Board alleged that Peraica's landlord donated more to his campaigns than allowed under an ethics ordinance.

In what he described as an effort to avoid a more costly legal battle, Peraica said he already has paid $4,500 to his landlord, Oak Brook businessman and Republican politician Asif Yusuf, to return in-kind contributions of office space to Peraica’s campaigns. Peraica did that after the ethics board concluded Yusuf’s contributions exceeded county limits.

But the Tribune and Commissioner William Beavers (D-Chicago), who is often at political odds with Peraica, later posed questions to the Ethics Board about further in-kind office-space donations from Yusuf to Peraica’s campaigns for higher office, and the panel took another look at the issue.

The Ethics Board now contends that Yusuf contributed an additional $28,000 to Peraica’s campaigns that exceeded the limits on how much county vendors can give to commissioners.
Peraica called the amount “just plain ridiculous” and said it’s the result of his political opposition to Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, who is Beavers’ ally.

“I don’t owe a single penny,” said Peraica (R-Riverside). “This is nothing but political nonsense

Peraica Staffer Colin Brady Charged With DUI???

According to published newspaper reports, Colin Brady, 33, of Westchester, was charged with DUI at 1:22am on April 27, 2009 at Harlem Avenue and Olmstead Road. According to the reports, police said a white Lincoln went through the red light at Harlem Avenue and 26th Street with the driver continuing to swerve. Officers stopped the vehicle and observed Brady unable to keep his head up and explain why he went through the red light, according to the published report. Brady apparently then failed the field sobriety tests and blew a .161 in the portable breath test. Once at the station, Brady reportedly refused to take a Breathalyzer. He was charged with DUI and improper lane usage. Brady is believed to be the same person who was recently a candidate for Township office on a slate headed by Theresa L. Kelly and supported by Regional Superintendent Charles Flowers. Brady is also believed to work for embattled Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica who has had other staffers embarrass him with personal problems.

Tony Peraica Took Donations From Convicted Criminals

According to the Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Southtown, the man who wants to be the County's top prosecutor, Commissioner Tony Peraica, took campaign donations from four convicted criminals between the years 2001 and 2006. The criminals were all convicted of fraud, a felony. Now, after the discovery, Peraica says he will return the cash. Click this link to read more details on this developing story: http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1081130,073008peraica.article

What do you think of this development? Is Peraica truly a reformer? Is Tony a phony?

Peraica's Son Jailed!!!

The Insider has learned that Tony Peraica's son was given 30 days in jail for DUI. According to the Chicago Sun-Times,the son of Cook County State's Attorney candidate Tony Peraica was sentenced to 30 days in the Cook County Jail Thursday morning, after his conviction on a DUI charge. Marko Peraica, 27, has a lengthy history of arrests for burglary, curfew violations and other charges. Since his arrest on this DUI charge, he has tested positive for cocaine and marijuana, officials said. A supervisor in the State's Attorney's traffic division told the Sun-Times on Wednesday that Marko Peraica's sentencing hearing would not take place as scheduled on Thursday morning. But it did and he was immediately taken into custody. Tony Peraica, a Republican who faces Democrat Anita Alvarez in the November election, issued a press release a few hours later, calling the saga "every parent's worst nightmare." Marko Peraica is a musician who specializes in club and industrial music. Like his father was in the 1970s, Marko Peraica is a DJ at various downtown clubs.