Chicago's Mayor Daley Pal Lands New City Contract
A clout heavy contractor who made millions from former Mayor Richard M. Daley's affinity for wrought-iron fences has been awarded a $2.7 million airport contract by Mayor Rahm Emanuel for which the company was the lone bidder.
The latest in a gravy train of city contracts for Daley pal Richard Crandall calls for Crandall-owned Builders Chicago Corp. to "maintain and repair interior and exterior expansion joints" at O'Hare and Midway Airports. The metal joints are located all over the place at O'Hare and Midway - in passenger terminals, concourses, pedestrian tunnels and upper-level sidewalks, just to name a few locations. The five-year contract calls for the repair work to be done between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., when air traffic is sparse and the number of passengers milling around is small. Crandall, who also owns G.F. Structures, has political ties to the Daley family that go back decades. Crandall has been a longtime insurance client of Cook County Commissioner John Daley, the former mayor's brother. Crandall is also a friend of Daley's longtime purchasing agent, Alexander Grzyb.
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