Today's Chicago Tribune reports "Ex-lawmaker waives tuition for supporter's family: Molaro OKs $94,000 despite children not meeting requirements." It begins:Year after year, state Rep. Robert Molaro doled out publicly funded scholarships to the family of a longtime political supporter, ultimately giving the four children more than $94,000 in tuition.The article, which runs about three-dozen paragraphs, doesn't mention that Molaro is - hang on to your hat here - a Democrat.
The valuable scholarships came with just one legal requirement: that the students lived in Molaro's Southwest Side district.
The siblings signed notarized documents stating they did, while other public records indicate they lived with their mother in Oak Lawn, outside Molaro's district. Their father didn't live in the district either.
As documented repeatedly on NewsBusters, party affiliation is often overlooked in news stories reporting improprieties by Democrats. Quite a coincidence, isn't it?
