He entered politics as one of the youngest Chicago City Council members in history and became its most powerful and longest-serving member. Now, he’s fighting to avoid prison.
Two weeks before the Chicago Cubs were set to play their first game under Wrigley Field’ s $5 million permanent lighting system, Newfeld stood outside the stadium during a Cubs Care fundraiser, for which the lights had been switched on. Wrigley Field had hosted events after dark previously— they just weren’ t Major League Baseball games. Lights were strung across.
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