Betty Loren-Maltese and Political Corruption

Betty Loren-Maltese and Political Corruption
Many people, especially those who rarely partake in politics, are unaware of the problems concerning corruption in many government positions. In analyzing articles gathered from the Chicago Tribune, there are a wide variety of issues covered relating to political corruption including local city government, issues across the country, and also throughout the world as well. The emphasis will be on Betty Loren-Maltese, the Cicero town president who has recently been convicted on several accounts of corruption charges.
This topic is significant for many reasons. Corrupt city government officials sometimes embezzle large sums of money and use it for their own purposes. The money they are “stealing” is often the taxpayers’ money. When this is the case, it is absolutely necessary that the taxpayers be made aware of the situation. A corrupt Judge might conceal the fact that he is in relation to somebody involved in a case he is trying, causi...