
December 12th, 2007
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The Watchdogs: Tax debt no bar to sweet tollway deal
4:00 AM, Dec 12, 2007 - Al Chaib owes the state $359,639 in unpaid business taxes that date back five years. But that hasn't kept the longtime associate of indicted ex-gubernatorial adviser Tony Rezko from being part of an exclusive Illinois Tollway deal, despite a law that bars tax deadbeats from getting state business, a Chicago Sun-Times investigation has found. Chaib's firm, Morpheus LLC, owns Subway sandwich shops at all seven tollway oases.
BY CHRIS FUSCO AND DAVE MCKINNEY Click here to read the article...
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