President Barack Obama granted executive clemency to more than 1,900 federal prisoners, a record. Jesse Webster made the most of his freedom. Three others are back in jail.
They’re looking at ties between a dumpster company, owned by James W. Bracken III, and a former city official who was on the bank’s board, the Sun-Times has learned.
At the heart of James Bracken’s multifaceted trucking, demolition and excavation operation is a small office in south suburban Markham surrounded by piles of dirt and rigs rumbling in and out of a trucking yard. Out front, a reserved parking spot is the only obvious sign of Bracken’s authority. But the unassuming office and dusty parking lot belie the clout Bracken and his family wield .
At the heart of James Bracken’s multifaceted trucking, demolition and excavation operation is a small office in south suburban Markham surrounded by piles of dirt and rigs rumbling in and out of a trucking yard. Out front, a reserved parking spot is the only obvious sign of Bracken’s authority. But the unassuming office and dusty parking lot belie the clout Bracken and his family wield .
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