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'City Hall to Prison Walls': Former Chicago City Clerk Speaks
CHICAGO, April 30 PRNewswire — Only in Chicago could ... dead people vote, absentee ballots be changed, petition signatures be round-tabled, and tax payers' money finance a congressman's personal favors.
All this and more happened, and former Chicago City Clerk James J. Laski tells it all in a landmark book entitled "My Fall from Grace: City Hall to Prison Walls" (published by AuthorHouse — http://www.authorhouse.com).
This is the first book written by an "insider" to expose the seamy underside of Chicago politics. It reveals the inner workings of Chicago's "big city political machine" and its ability to corrupt even the most well-intentioned and idealistic of politicians, including Laski. It is also the gripping personal story of a man who, as the title implies, suffered a tragic downfall, due to his accepting bribes in the city's infamous Hired Truck Program scandal. This action led to his resigning his position as City Clerk — the second-highest elected office in the city, behind only that of Mayor Richard M. Daley — and sentenced to a federal prison, and, later, a Chicago halfway house. Laski not only recounts these events in vivid detail, but addresses his deep regrets over the shame and distress he put his family through, as well as his disgrace in losing his law license and leaving a political career that he so dearly loved.
This is also the gripping story of personal betrayal. Laski's best friend, and main beneficiary of the scandal, Mick Jones, wore an FBI wire for several months to entrap him, and to get a lesser sentence for himself. This may sound like the shady pieces of a thrilling political crime novel, but it is a true story that portrays the reality of Chicago's political system and the atmosphere Laski was caught up in.
Laski additionally exposes the dehumanization and deplorable nutritional, sanitary, and medical conditions at Morgantown, W.Va. FCI, exploding the myth that a minimum security prison is merely a "country club" for white-collar criminals. In addition, the book reveals the truth about the prison's demeaning and psychologically abusive RDAP (drug and rehabilitation) program.
This amazing book takes readers where many have never been before: literally within the inner sanctum that is Chicago City Hall, and behind the walls of a federal prison. Follow the story of one man's journey from power to humility in a book that has all the makings of a national best-seller: "My Fall from Grace: City Hall to Prison Walls," available now from AuthorHouse.
James J. Laski currently resides in Chicago with his wife and children. "My Fall from Grace: City Hall to Prison Walls" is his first book. For more information, visit http://www.myfallfromgrace.com.
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