Fioretti and Developer Money

• Bob Fioretti has repeatedly said throughout his campaign that he is “the only candidate” not taking money from developers in the 2nd Ward race.

• He has even said that he has “been criticized by other candidates in this race for not taking money from developers”.

• But the truth is that Bob Fioretti HAS taken money from developers.

• Bob Fioretti has said that he will also stop Pay to Play in Chicago Politics.

Case In Point

• Bob Fioretti tried on several occasions to get real estate developer Robert Krilich, Sr. out of jail after he had been convicted in Federal Court on racketeering, fraud, and bribery charges.

• In short, the first time Fioretti represented Krilich, it was because he violated a U.S EPA decree to repair environmental damage cause by one of his developments. He was eventually fined just over 1.2 million dollars by the U.S. EPA.

• The second time, Fioretti tried to get Krilich out of jail after he had bribed a government official on various occasions to help divert public funds to one of Krilich’s real estate developments.

• Despite convictions based on Krilcih’s written admission of guilt and “significant evidence of (his) guilt”, including eyewitness testimony and documentary evidence of false invoices and claims, Bob Fioretti willingly championed Krilich’s attempt to escape his punishment.

• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Fioretti and Krilich were wrong and Krilich remained in Federal prison.
Original Case No. 92 C 55354
Appellate Case No. 96-3730
Appearance Filed By Robert Fioretti Representing Krilich, et al. – July, 22, 2003.

Original Case No. 94 CR 419
Appellate Case No. 00 CV 06078
Appearance Filed By Robert Fioretti Representing Krilich – January 27, 2005.

• So what Bob Fioretti should really start saying is that he doesn’t take money from developers as political contributions. But he DOES take money from crooked developers for personal profit.

Closing Point

• This was one of the first “Pay to Play” cases in the State of Illinois. Bob Fiorettti had no problem taking money from a crooked developer in this instance. He also had no moral issue with representing someone involved in a “Pay to Play” case.

• He has used this money from representing crooked developers to fund his race for alderman, which in politics is called SOFT MONEY.

• Bob Fioretti has spent thousands of SOFT DOLLARS of DEVELOPER MONEY on his campaign for alderman up to this point. Just look at money transferred from his law firm to his campaign fund. This is evident in his campaign disclosures. More “soft dollars” should be evident in the upcoming weeks as more campaign contribution reporting is required by law.

Fioretti and Excessive Legal Billing with the City

• Bob Fioretti keeps saying that excessive legal billing is one of the reasons the City has money problems.

• But Bob Fioretti is one of the people who is responsible for excessively billing the City.

Case In Point

• Bob Fioretti represented a City of Chicago employee who, during random drug testing, tested positive for morphine. The employee requested a drug test a month later and tested positive for morphine a second time.

• The City employee had no prescription for morphine and could not offer any excuse or explanation for morphine in his system TWICE and was subsequently fired.

• Bob Fioretti represented the employee against the City of Chicago. He filed a lawsuit saying that the level of morphine wasn’t high enough for the employee to be fired and that the employee had his urine “searched” unconstitutionally and unreasonably.

• Fioretti demanded that the City rehire the employee and that YOU, the taxpayers of the City of Chicago, reimburse the employee for the employee’s back pay, and that the drug testing service and the doctor who retested the sample pay punitive damages.

• Fioretti also demanded that the legal fees for representing the employee, who had twice tested positive for morphine, be paid by YOU, the taxpayers of the City of Chicago.

• City of Chicago attorneys argued that the City fired the employee to maintain the public safety of the citizens.

• A Federal Judge dismissed the case completely.

Closing Point

• Bob Fioretti is one of the reasons the City has problems with excessive legal billing.

• By representing someone like this, Bob Fioretti is saying it’s okay if City workers are on drugs at work while being paid by YOU, the taxpayer!

• I understand it is Bob Fioretti’s right as an attorney to represent whoever he wants, but it is a double standard to represent a City employee who tested positive twice for morphine and say that it is okay for this to occur. Then a few years later he decides to run for alderman. I’m absolutely sure he would say that it is not right for a City employee to be under the influence of drugs on the job now that he is a candidate for alderman.

• Enough double talk Bob. Take a stance on an issue and stick to it.

Case No. 02 C 7267
Appearance Filed By Robert Fioretti
October 9, 2002

“Fioretti is a righteous defender of the underdog.”??

Bob Fioretti is a trial lawyer and lobbyist. He claims to be a good-hearted civil rights attorney and “Great White Hope” for the 2nd Ward. He is on pace to spend the most money ever in an aldermanic race. His campaign contribution reports are fabricated. He hasn’t reported nearly half of what he has spent. Paying people $50 dollars for the day to collect signatures on election day in November at polling places throughout the ward, at least 5 mailers by the first of the year, etc.

The truth is that he’s just another rich white guy with an ego trying to buy a public office. Voters have seen this before. We didn’t fall for it then and we won’t fall for it now!

Here’s more. Bob is a registered lobbyist representing Alanco Technologies.

ROBERT W. FIORETTI
Midwest Public Affairs Group
39 S. LaSalle St., Suite 1400
CHICAGO, IL 60603
(312) 315-0848
ALANCO TECHNOLOGIES, INC
This company is one of the largest manufactureres of electronic home monitoring devices in the United States. Bob profits from the pain of people who wear these devices.

Bob has done some noble work, with cases such as the Baby Tamia case. But should someone who calls themself a “civil rights attorney” also be lobbying for government business on behalf of a company like this?
Which 2nd ward aldermanic candidate will receive the most votes on election day, Feb. 27, 2007?