I couldn't believe it when I heard reports that Lavelle hadordered his staffers to secretly visit a warehouse, break the sealson ballot boxes and suddenly find the exact number of write-inballots needed to force a runoff election in the 26th Ward.
I asked myself why Lavelle would damage his personal image byopenly violating an Illinois statute and a Circuit Court order forthe benefit of fading Machine bosses.
Over all, Lavelle's conduct Thursday left the impression thatthe voters of Chicago cannot trust the …

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