Was $100K to Blago's Wife Tied to State Biz?

Governor's spokesman says commissions not linked to contracts

  
A Chicago developer and donor to Governor Rod Blagojevich steered more than $100,000 in commissions to first lady Patti Blagojevich's real estate firm before a business owned by the developer's parents saw dramatic increases in state payments.

Virgil Tiran's real estate ties to the governor's wife are coming to light as federal investigators scrutinize her relationships with real estate clients, including recently convicted former gubernatorial fund-raiser Tony Rezko.

Read the entire story in the Chicago Sun-Times.

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