- John Valone
John Valone was born (
1951 ) in Chicago, Illinois, grew up in the Little Flower Parish of Chicago, a graduate ofLittle Flower High School and currently resides in Monee, Illinois. John Valone is an American Labor Leader, who has been President of Elevator Constructors Local 2 since 2004 and is Chairman of the Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC Fund. His name has surfaced in court documents on March 8, 2008 in theTony Rezko Federal Corruption Trial. [http://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/CommitteeDetail.aspx?id=15550 Illinois State Board of Elections ] ] http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/hot/us_v_rezko_exhibits/2008_03_07/fob_chart_1.pdf]PAC Fund Donation to Blagojevich through Rezko in Court Documents
On March 8, 2008 a ten page document surfaced on the
Department of Justice Website as evidence in theTony Rezko Federal Corruption trial. According to the document, John Valone's name surfaces at the bottom of page 2 "Rezko Donation Chart June 2001 to August 2004", it References the July 23, 2003; $10,000 Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC fund contribution that went throughTony Rezko on July 24, 2003 and was deposited into Blagojevich's coffers on July 25, 2003. CBS 2 Chicago reported on March 4, 2008; that among the issues expected to come up at the Rezko Federal Corruption Trial is Blagojevich's 2003 appointment of a campaign donor to a state safety board. [ [http://searchjustice.usdoj.gov/search?q=valone&q=site%3Awww.usdoj.gov&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection&q=inurl%3A%2Fusao%2Filn%2F USDOJ Search:valone site:www.usdoj.gov inurl:/usao/iln/ ] ] [ [http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/tony.rezko.trial.2.668850.html cbs2chicago.com - Jury Selection Resumes In Rezko Trial ] ]The
Associated Press broke a story on March 3, 2008 that Union Officers from the Elevator Constructors received three appointments to theIllinois Elevator Safety Board in the same month the Elevator Constructors Local 2 PAC Fund donated $10,000 to GovernorRod Blagojevich 's campaign in July 2003. [ [http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=354438 The Times ] ]References and Footnotes
External links
* http://www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisclosure/CommitteeDetail.aspx?id=15550 " $10,000 Contribution to Friends of Blagojevich on July 23, 2003 - look at D-2 Semiannual Report 7/1/2003 to 12/31/2003"
* http://www.wgnradio.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39897&Itemid=317 "listen to WGN Radio report"
* http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=354438
* http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/tony.rezko.trial.2.668850.html
* http://searchjustice.usdoj.gov/search?q=valone&q=site%3Awww.usdoj.gov&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=xml_no_dtd&ie=iso-8859-1&oe=UTF-8&client=default_frontend&proxystylesheet=default_frontend&site=default_collection&q=inurl%3A%2Fusao%2Filn%2F "Department of Justice Website for $10,000 Campaign through Rezko"
*http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/hot/us_v_rezko_exhibits/2008_03_07/fob_chart_1.pdf "Note the bottom of Page 2"
* http://www.iuec2.com/
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