The former mayor of Harvey, Ill., demanded thousands in monthly payments from a strip club to allow it to stay open, federal prosecutors said.
In 2003, prosecutors said, the mayor of a city in Northern Illinois sent a message to the operators of a local strip club: Pay me or I’ll shut you down.
The mayor of Harvey, Ill., a city of about 18,000 just south of Chicago, knew that the strip club allowed prostitution in a private area of the club, and he demanded $3,000 a month from the business to let it stay open, according to prosecutors.
According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, the club yielded to the threat, eventually even acquiescing to a demand from the mayor to double its payment to $6,000 per month. The scheme continued for about 15 years, prosecutors said.
Oh now they care about lobbying
I was trying to work out who Harvey III was ffs
Harvey, Ill.,
I guess Illinois people hate Helvetica.
what else is a small town strip club for, my brothers and sisters
You can’t really call Harvey a small town. It’s part of the Chicago (sub)urban sprawl, and a pretty bad area.
I don’t care to register to continue reading. Are prosecutors state or federal?
Federal
Excellent! Thank you, it was late and I was tired.
