[Alumni-chat] Legal Fund Needs - by Yazz Allen '66

[alanbenard (alanbenard at pobox.com)]

>"In 1970, he was named special assistant to Illinois Governor Richard B.
>Ogilvie, who led the effort reorganize and reform Illinois's antiquated and
>corrupt criminal justice system. He subsequently served as a senior policy
>advisor on criminal justice to three other Illinois governors.
>
>As the founding Executive Director of the Illinois Criminal Justice
>Information Authority under Governor James R. Thompson, Mr. Coldren focused
>on improving the administration of justice through research, long-range
>planning, and information technologies." --- quoted from David's Resume
>(David is right now SCREAMING "But I took that down off the internet in
>2005!  Where did he get it?".)  David... you can hide from google, but you
>cant hide from me.
>
>
>Of course in his "reforms" of the criminal justice system he failed to even
>to abolish its death row... or even the use of
>http://www.truthinjustice.org/jon-burge.htm]torture to get people
>there.
>
>In 1992 he lost that job....er... resigned.. Because he kept flying 1st
>class rather than coach on the taxpayer's nickle.
>[url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1992/ii920428.html]He complained that his
>FAT PIG ASS would not fit in a coach seat.[/url]  Very Chicago of him.
I can't stop laughing. /Especially/ because I'm from Chicago. 

And at his Tyron Farm development, you can "build a new house in the country", where "homes range from $218,000 to $488,000." http://www.tryonfarm.com/main.html  via http://coldren.net/MichiganCity/index.html

I guess he'll be on Toni's board to provide advice on how to redevelop sleepy rural areas into McMansion sprawl.

Also humorously, he's capping off a life of public service to Illinois by encouraging people to live in Indiana. Rural Indiana, far from Illinois' and north-west Indiana's crime problems. 

Gerry for the win! 

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