S. C. JOHNSON -- PAUPER IN PROBATE

Dear Reader:

I have been getting back up to speed here at milwaukeeworld, where I have been posting my own stuff and getting into it. A few of you poor souls who use Microsoft Internet Explorer have complained that my copy has come out oddly, and thanks to a little tinkering by Joe Klein, I think we have that problem taken care of. [Mozilla Firefox doesn’t seem to have these problems. End of geek talk.]

The Marsupial Bridge is taking forever, and now the contractors tell us that it won’t be until November that we can do a proper ribbon cutting. November is a rather predictable month for weather, so if you plan to be there dress accordingly. We will have a small event then, and then really have a big party in spring.

If you read on, you will note that S. C. Johnson, the state’s richest man was able to cheat the probate court. Legally, of course. And, you will find out what happened to one of Milwaukee’s few exclusive stores.

Also, our Madison correspondent, Paul Snyder, writes in on Milwaukee's poor standing in vexillological circles, and Capitol City's superiority therein.

I would love to hear from you. My telephone is 1 414 978-8039 and my email is horne@milwaukeeworld.com Plus, you can always post a comment at the end of the website here. Stay in touch!

Oh, and another thing – I will be in Washington, D.C. from October 6 to October 11^th to see old friends, check out my favorite museums and attend my uncle’s annual Oktoberfest in rural Maryland. I will also be able to check up on my young relative ­­­­­­XXXXX who has just graduated from XXXXX. University. His summa cum laude diploma in XXXXX along with his expertise in languages, including Arabic, will serve him well as he begins his career with the _._._.

I should still have plenty of time to march around the Nation’s Capitol, and if there is anything you would like me to look up there, tell me before I leave.

Best wishes,

Michael Horne

Editor / Publisher

Milwaukeeworld.com

S. C. JOHNSON : PAUPER IN PROBATE

For a guy who owned a worldwide “family company,” was a regular on Forbes’ list of wealthiest Americans and whose personal representative in his will was an eponymous bank that he also owned, it appears that Samuel Curtis Johnson of Racine, Wisconsin died penniless.

According to Carol Mills, the Register in Probate for Racine County, the filing fee for Johnson’s will was $20.

“Apparently he had no assets in his own name. They filed an inventory and paid the minimum fee,” she said. Johnson died on May 5, 2004 and an application for informal probate was submitted to the court on June 6, 2004, along with an “instrument purporting to be the last will and testament dated May 22, 2003.” On May 3, 2005 the inventory was “exhibited” and the $20 filing fee was paid.

You or I could die leaving behind only a pair of old boots, and you can bet the Register in Probate would get more than twenty bucks out of us.

Do keep this case in mind the next time President Bush reminds us of the horrors of the “Death Tax.”

Maybe our legislators could get down to business and see that dead deadbeat billionaires pay their fair share of probate filings, just like regular folks do.

Here is the link: http://wcca.wicourts.gov/caseDetails.do;jsessionid=14E7E86BF203E7547DC2864D67662065.render2?caseNo=2004PR000186&countyNo=51&cacheId=C6834D5F60E1FAF37520DCDCF1DC5F70&recordCount=11&offset=2

ZITA SHUTS DOWN ON EAST SIDE

Milwaukee’s East Side for years had two iconic stores. The first was George Watts & Son, still in business. The second was Zita of Milwaukee Women’s Apparel, located in the historic James S. Brown double house at 1122-1124 N. Astor St. Alas, the little pink envelopes with the big bills inside will no longer emanate from that address to Milwaukee’s finest and best-dressed families. All operations have been consolidated at the firm’s Whitefish Bay location, commonly known as Peg Bradley, after its founder. When Peg died, Zita was continued by her daughter, Jane Bradley Pettit until her death on September 9, 2001, and the handsome mansion, sensitively remodeled by Jane’s son David Vogel Uihlein, Jr. saw a discreet march of commerce through its commodious doors. You could walk in there looking like a bum [no you couldn’t: they wouldn’t let you in.] Well, anyway, when you’d walk out you would be dressed like Madeleine Albright.

According to the folks at the Whitefish Bay store, the Astor Street building will remain in the family’s hands, and I reckon it would make a nice headquarters for one or more of the family’s foundations.

The building is assessed at $201,500 for the land and $593,500 for the improvements for a total of $795,000. The taxes are paid up-to-date.

A hearing was held September 19^th before the Historic Preservation Commission to give the building temporary historic status, which it deserves. According to Andrea Rowe of the Department of City Development, interim status was granted with one member, Sandra McSweeney abstaining.

FROM BREW CITY TO CAPITAL CITY
(OR, AT LEAST I’M NO LONGER LIVING UNDER THE FOURTH UGLIEST FLAG IN THE NATION)

By Paul Snyder

Perhaps it’s no coincidence that shortly after MilwaukeeWorld.com returns to the netwaves, the North American Vexillological Association releases their poll of 150 American City Flags, from sharpest to not-so-impressive-at-all.

For those of you unfamiliar with NAVA (you should first be ashamed with yourselves), this particular association devotes its time to the scientific study of flag history and symbolism. They’ve recently published a book, American City Flags: From Akron to Yonkers (which has, surprisingly, not dented The New York Times Bestsellers List… yet), and to celebrate the release, flag enthusiasts could log on to the association’s website, www.nava.org, to cast their vote on which American cities raised the best flags.

As a native of Chicago, I was really not so surprised to see the old city’s flag rise to the number two spot in the poll; Chicago is the only city I’ve ever lived in that actually celebrated the fact that a city could have a flag. The Chicago Police wear a patch of the flag on their jackets, and paint up their cars to resemble the flag on wheels. And though I have no idea what the four red stars and two blue stripes represent, the icon is as familiar to me as yet another futile Cubs season.

What did surprise me about the poll was my new hometown, Madison, waving in at # 11. Not bad at all, and though I’d never seen the flag prior to this poll, it actually is quite a sharp little piece (certainly nicer than Corpus Christi’s, which just nudged us out of the Top Ten, I’m sure, as a sympathy vote). For the past three months (and the past couple weeks in particular), I thought our flag simply consisted of a big red W – there’s certainly a lot more of those flying around.

And then there’s my old stomping grounds, Milwaukee, limping in at a lowly # 147. What the hell, guys? Perhaps if it had featured a giant stein or wooden barrel, results may have fared better, but the fact that not a single attribute to beer is made probably hurt its standing. I mean, Lubbock’s flag makes this big claim about being the “music crossroads of Texas,” and Buddy Holly’s the only guy to leave that town and make a name for himself. Use what you got!

But to add insult to injury Mesa, AZ and Provo, UT tallied higher marks than Milwaukee. This wouldn’t be so bad if Mesa’s didn’t look like a customer service business card and Provo’s didn’t look like the most rudimentary attempt at utilizing Microsoft WordArt. I was the editor-in-chief of my high school yearbook, and I put together something that looks a hell of a lot better than what the city of Provo raises over its mountain town each day.

But I’m not living in Mesa or Provo… I’m just enjoying the advent of the fall season and the changing colors of one of the nicest flags in the country. Oh, sure, gas prices may be through the roof and the longstanding effects of two hurricanes in a matter of weeks may wreak havoc on Wisconsin for months to come… but look at it! Just makes you proud to be a Madisonian, doesn’t it?

Oh, cheer up, Milwaukee. Look at it this way – at least you’re not Pocatello, Idaho.

Bits and Pieces

News Bits

I thought I would dash off these ephemera from the notebook since I had a little spare time this afternoon. -- Horne

J. D. Watts had luncheon with campaign guru Mary Clare Fagin at GeorgeWatts & Son Tea Room Thursday afternoon. (He’s grandson.) Watts, who wants to be judge, plans to hold an event at the Wisconsin Club on October 20^th at 5 p.m. to kick off his campaign. He will announce the endorsements of a former governor, a number of state representatives and state senators, a whole bunch of supervisors and aldermen and other officials… Michael Murphy of Swingin’ Door fame has bought a tavern at South Third and W. Maple Streets and plans to offer luncheon and dinner there, right across the street from the Parts House Condominia after a little bit of work on the place. … The Edge is the most recently announced condo project in the city, and is scheduled to occupy the Grunau-owned lot on the Milwaukee River just north of the Holton Viaduct, mere steps away from Lakefront Brewery, which has released its annual Pumpkin Beer. The condo http://www.edgecondos.com is a joint venture of Grunau and Tandem developers. A contentious meeting was held with the neighborhood Wednesday evening, with some finding the project too large. It looks like Lunda Construction will not finish up work on the Holton Marsupial Bridge until late October, which could have the potential to mess up plans for a grand opening of the pedestrian span, which had been expected for better weather. … A new restaurant named Yanni’s is planned for the long-vacant river frontage of the Cawker Building on W.Wells Street. … Some press attention has been given to the return of historic paintings to the Pabst Mansion, where they had hung for years. Less known is that another Pabst collection painting that had long hung in the Milwaukee Athletic Club will be returned to its old home on the stair landing between the first and second floors in mid-month … They still haven’t opened Casablanca Restaurant on Brady Street yet. I’ve seen Middle East peace treaties expedited in less time than it has taken to open this place. …

LEGISTAFFERS PARTY POLITICALLY IN SEATTLE

STATE LEGISLATURES' PARLEY GETS POLITICAL;
WISCONSIN LEGGIE STAFFERS HEAVILY INVOLVED, PROUD OF ROLE

When Will They Get it?

Just weeks before former State Senator Brian Burke goes to trial for allegedly using his capitol office for campaign purposes, the Wisconsin Legislative Council [the lawyers for the Assembly and Senate] has issued a "Legislator Update" commending the election of Legislative Reference Bureau Chief Steve Miller to the position of Staff Vice Chair of the National Council of State Legislators, leading to him serving as Staff Chief of the national organization next year.

"Congratulations, Steve!" the report reads.

Miller was chosen at the Annual Meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) which was held in Seattle, August 16-20.

Miller wasn't the only busy Wisconsinite at the convention. The NCSL Legislative Effectiveness and State Government Committee was chaired this year by Laura Rose of the Wisconsin Legislative Council. She arranged two full days of sessions at the meeting, with such topics discussed as "staffing options for Legislatures," "communications skills," "stress reduction in the legislative workplace," "improving the image of the Legislature as an institution" and "Internet fundraising."

"Internet Fundraising" for what?

Well, for elections, of course. Or, for those already members of a legislature, reelection. This is just another example of how incumbents are using staff resources to campaign on taxpayer time, isn't it? It is exactly the type of thing that Burke and other defendants are accused of doing, and they are facing big time for their actions.

Yet it is still taking place openly at a meeting of state legislatures that should be about governance, and not electoral politics. The state political parties can hold all of the Internet fundraising seminars they want, and it would be fine.

But taxpayer dollars financed this event and the travel expenses of those legislators and staffers like Miller and Dan Schmidt, also a Wisconsin legislature employee. I haven't seen Dane County D. A. Blanchard charging them with any crimes.

If you think this is simply a Wisconsin issue, think again.

According to an article in the Seattle Times on August 20, 2005, "Washington state House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler said it would be fine for one of the political parties to sponsor such seminars.

"'But I think it's inappropriate for this venue,' said Kessler. … "'It is the opposite of where we should be going with the public.'"

Other election-based seminars at the event, according to www.ncsl.org included "Power Public Speaking," debate tips and those all-important internet fundraising tips from Max Fose, formerly associated with the McCain presidential campaign, where he ran the candidate's internet site.

According to the Seattle Times article, Fose told how John Kerry raised $44 million in three months online. GeorgeBush.com got more than 21 million hits and Howard Dean raised $500,000 on the Internet in one 24-hour period.

"If I could do that for every legislator in the room, I would be very rich, and we would all be very happy. … Always ask for money.'"

Among publications distributed at the event was a pamphlet entitled, "Reality Check: Key Messages for Winning the Battle Without Burning the Battlefield."

According to the Wisconsin Legislative Council Legislator Update, "This booklet provides information to legislators on how to counter public cynicism about the Legislature and how to present positive messages about representative democracy and how Legislatures work."

I'd file that one under fiction.

PFISTER PFOOD PFINER PFARE

Mark Weber, formerly of the Watermark Restaurant has been appointed the new Food and Beverage Manager of the Pfister Hotel in welcome news. The F&B director is usually the number two position in your better hotels, and Weber's responsibilities will include every restaurant, bar and banquet event in the famed downtown hostelry.

"It will take me some time to make all of the changes I would like to, partly because banquets are booked so far in advance," Weber said. But the rubber chicken is sure to go and Weber promises a tremendous increase in the quality of the food at the Pfister where several memorable banquets were held to the accompaniment of forgettable food.

He is thinking of adding his signature veal hash to the Pfister's breakfast menu, and is planning a number of other changes, as employees will find out soon enough.

One Sunday evening, shortly after he had taken the job, Weber was called on his cell phone by an employee-in-charge for the evening. I heard one end of the conversation, and that was plenty. "He did what?" Weber inquired. "Well, that's because he can't cook."

"Don't tell me that!"

"He did what? It's Sunday evening for crying out loud."

"I'll be down there in five minutes."

One does get the feeling that there will be some changes in the food and beverage service at the Pfister Hotel.

LOAD OF BRICKS COLLAPSES ON SCHEDULE

While walking home Sunday evening after dining with a friend, I passed the construction site at the southwest intersection of E. Brady and N. Marshall Streets where Inland Companies is constructing a condominium unit. I noted that several pallets of bricks stored on the site seemed to be tilted at a greater-than-Pisa angle. Worst yet, they were in close propinquity to the sidewalk. Like a good citizen, I called the number on the sign on the property and have received no response to this day. The next morning, sure enough, one or more of the pallets of bricks had buried the sidewalk knee-deep, with some bricks tumbling onto the street, as well.

Those bricks have been picked up, and others shrink-wrapped, but this is certainly the poster child for a sloppy and hazardous workplace.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH COLON

We mentioned last week that Pedro Colon was rather upset about a political move during a vote that led him to a six minute outburst on the Assembly floor. This all could have been avoided, including recalling the Senate into session for what will not succeed as a veto override, if Tom Nelson, Colon's seatmate had "Ghost Voted" for him while Colon took a break. When the voting time came, Nelson forgot he was supposed to push the button to record Colon's vote. As soon as the presiding officer saw that Colon hadn't voted, he shut off the voting and the matter was over, to the embarrassment of Colon.

Lesson to frosh legislators: when you promise to cast a vote for your seatmate, don't forget to do so. Second lesson: Do your own voting.

The Governor's Party

Governor Jim Doyle was the guest of honor at a fundraiser at Mocean's on September 16. There were about 40 or more supporters in attendance, munching on passed hors d'oeuvres and sipping top-shelf cocktails, all courtesy of host Johnny Vassallo.
Doyle was wearing a red tie (he always wears a red tie) and, of course, was dressed in a gubernatorial suit.
During his remarks, Doyle mentioned what a wonderful place Wisconsin is, especially now that he is governor.
Oh, and what a nasty mess he inherited from the McCallum administration. "When I became governor and was handed the bill from the previous governor, the bill was $3.2 billion. I cut $670 million from state operations. On June 30, 2005 we closed the books on the budget and had a $6 million surplus."
This remark pleased the audience, many of whom remembered that the last time the state had a surplusl, Governor-for-a-while Scott McCallum used it to mail everybody in the state a check, which then led to the deficit Doyle faced.
Doyle also paid respect to a former governor who was in the room, and told us what a heck of a guy Martin Schreiber is. He also singled out Transportation Secretary Frank Busalacchi, indicating he will continue to have a job until such time as every inch of Wisconsin has been paved over.
It looks like the roadbuilders will be able to light their cigars with hundred dollar bills, instead of twenties. God bless 'em all.
Marc Marotta was there, and I said to him, "Marc, are you crazy? Walking away from a job that pays a hundred grand a year with nothing lined up!"
The former Secretary of the Department of Everything didn't seem too concerned about his future. He said he is probably going back to Foley & Lardner, but added that he is also talking to other firms. He will probably run the governor's campaign, too. But if Foley offers him less than $100,000, then he'll look pretty foolish for quitting such a plum job. And instead of hanging around Tripoli Country Club, he might just have to work Friday afternoons.
Former Green Bay Packer Willie Davis was in the room, occupying a considerable portion of it. Attorney Steve Kravit made an appearance. Did you know he is Bo Black's attorney? By the way, Bo has sold her home in Milwaukee and is now a resident of Arizona, where she will have plenty of competition.
Pedro Colon said he was formulating some strategies to preserve the Governor's vetoes of several bills passed by the legislature. He said he just found out that day that he could write a bill that would favor smaller pharmacies, but not the large chains. Apparently he made quite a speech a few days later, which Wispolitcs has sent around. I'll provide a link later on in the column, but I don't want you to stop reading yet.
The governor came up to me and said "hi," and, following the universal protocol of small talk, I asked him what book he was reading lately.
Well, whaddya know, the governor has just finished reading "Death Comes to the Archbishop," by Willa Cather. "You know, I had never read it before," he told me (That makes two of us.) "But it was most fascinating, and I had spent three years in that part of the country, so I knew the places, and the people. Cather did an excellent job of capturing the Indian, Mexican, and European cultures."
I wonder what book Scott Walker is reading now?
Hey, guess what? I called him. Walker is reading two things, according to Rod McWilliams of his staff "He's mostly reading his budget draft, because the hearings are coming up. Secondly, he's thoroughly enjoying reading the new Harry Potter book with his kids."


VENERABLE LITERARY EMPORIUM SHUTTERED
One of the Historic Third Ward's longest-running retail establishments shut down quite recently. Water Street News offered a considerable array of written and video materials, including some hard-to-find titles, attracting a mostly male clientele, despite the fact that most of the magazines featured women. Go figure! The well-lit (except from outside) store also included semi-private viewing booths where videos for sale could be previewed, for a price, payable with the store's customized, non-refundable tokens. It also sold some specialty materials to enhance one's reading pleasure. A sign on the door directs customers to Video Adventures Super Store, 1418 E. Brady Street. "Sorry, no magazines," the sign plaintively adds.

JOHNSEN SCHMALING ARCHITECTS TO MOVE
The historic Schlitz tavern on the southwest corner of E. Brady Street and N. Astor Street will bethe new home of Johnsen Schmaling architects, according to a sign on the door. Store Wall has moved out, and the place is empty now except for a refrigerator and a bunch of really interesting wooden models, presumably of Johnsen Schmaling work. The partners designed the Milwaukee Rowing Club non-building deftly hidden on N. Commerce Street back when they were involved with Vetter Denk architects. It will be interesting to see architects at work.

MORE INTERESTING NEWS
Johnny Vassallo, the host of the party for the governor outlined above received Utility and Licenses Committee approval for the liquor license at the Riverside Theater September 21. ... The State Senate Democratic Committee will have a reception at Legacy Bank, 2102 W. Fond du Lac Avenue on Thursday September 29, 2005 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., while at the exact same moment Scott Walker will be holding a fundraiser at the University Club. ... Getta load of this: Walker is also going to hold a fundraiser at the Savoy Room in the Shorecrest Hotel, 1962 N. Prospect Avenue on Sunday October 2, 2005 from 5 to 8 p.m. It's been a while since a politician has tried to raise money at that place, if you know what I mean. Here's that link to the Colon speech http://www.wispolitics.com/1006/050920colon.mp3

Back in the Saddle Again

Dear Reader,

It has been some time since I wrote to you, and it is good to be back in the literary saddle again.

One reason I was silent is that I was busy being employed, and for the first time I was in a position that my writing could cause a conflict with my work.

I have avoided that situation in the past by simply being unemployed, or self-employed, if you will, and I did pretty much as I pleased, provided it would please me to starve.

So my employment, although welcome, does present the possibility for a conflict of interest, which I acknowledge. Heretofore I have conducted this operation on an ethical level that transcended even that of the New York Times, I like to think.

I think that all except a few journalists will accept that my source of income does not come from this website but does come from an organization that is paid to influence public opinion. Of course there are thousands of writers and bloggers out there who have similar potential conflicts, and a few of them are right here in town, and they apparently have not let the conflicts trouble them, from what I have read.

So, if you catch me writing about things like methyl(bis)di-isocyanate, labor negotiations in the meatpacking industry or the insults heaped upon the paper companies by their insurers, then you’ll know that they got to me.

Instead, I’ll continue writing about the stuff you and I know.

I will also call this a blog from now on, and it will develop characteristics of a blog. I will no longer be able to wear the lily-white mantle of the conflict-free journalist which has fitted me so well for lo, these many years.

But there are so many stories out there, and even some good ones that well-paid journalists with regular jobs miss, that I feel obliged to share with you. Plus, it’s less work than writing to all of the people who have wondered what the hell happened to me.

Also, none of the above means that milwaukeeworld.com will continue to run without financial support. I will have to get to work on that – yet another potential conflict; that between writing and selling advertising. Again, there are some in the Milwaukee media market who do not see this as a conflict as I do. I am a writer, not an advertising salesperson, so we’ll have to figure out something there, too.

Enough of this noise.

Okay, this week we do have some interesting stories. Michael Lord has been arrested again, Russ Feingold has to pay his ex-wife $48,000 per year, Ald. Bob Bauman is getting divorced and the Marilyn Karos sentencing has been delayed. Short and Sweet.

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Michael Horne
Editor / Publisher
horne@milwaukeeworld.com
1 414 978-8039

DA HITS LORD WITH DOUBLE FELONY CHARGE
Art Dealer Acted as Middleman in

Bud Selig’s $200,000 Matisse Purchase

River Hills Doctor Out $180,000

Disgraced art dealer Michael H. Lord made an initial appearance in Milwaukee County circuit Court Branch 42 on September 1^st, when he was charged with two counts of “Theft in a Business Setting >$2,500,” a Class C felony.

September 1^st was also, coincidentally, the first day that Lord was compelled to begin making annual $20,000 payments to settle a judgment in a case where he pled guilty to a charge of stealing $105,000 from the estate of a deceased relative.

The most recent charges stem from activities as far back as 2000. The first count stems from an earlier civil lawsuit in which River Hills surgeon Dr. James Leibsohn claimed Lord never paid him $180,000 for a Matisse drawing entitled Femme Allongée.

Leibsohn had known Lord for twenty years and considered him a friend, according to the complaint. The two met at Elsa’s sometime between September and November of 1999, when Leibsohn told Lord he was looking for an investment opportunity.

According to the complaint, “Dr. Leibsohn and the defendant discussed the idea of having the defendant locate a quality piece of artwork at a fairly low cost with the expectation that they would resell the artwork at a later date for profit.”

Leibsohn would buy the artwork and split the profits with Lord fifty-fifty.

Lord located the Matisse, which had sold in London in 1995 for $36,536, and had somehow come into his hands. Leibsohn paid $165,000 for the drawing by December 25, 1999. Leibsohn never took custody of the artwork, which was left in Lord’s hands for resale.

The drawing was briefly on display at Lord’s gallery, but over the years it disappeared from view. When Leibsohn went looking for it, he was told it was at the Pacific Asian Museum (of all places) in Pasadena, California. Leibsohn checked with the museum, which denied any knowledge of the piece or of Lord.

Here is where the story becomes so uniquely Milwaukee. (Civic Motto: You Can Run; But You Can’t Hide):

Leibsohn was chatting with Susan Selig, a housewife from Bayside, Wisconsin. During the course of their conversation, Lord’s name came up, and Leibsohn asked if Ms. Selig had ever had any trouble with the Michael Lord Gallery.

Ms. Selig said that she and her husband, Allen H. “Bud” Selig had, in fact, purchased a Matisse from Michael H. Lord on October 18^th, 2000 for $195,000. With tax, the total came to $205,920. The Matisse was the missing Femme Allongée. Can you say, “awkward moment?” The investigator for the District Attorney inspected the check that Selig had written and noted that it had been deposited into Lord’s bank account at M&I bank.

So much for count one of the complaint.

On the second count, a Milwaukeean named Lawrence Demmer paid $33,792 for a Dale Chihuly glass blowing entitled “Sky Blue Basket with Black Lip Wraps.” He paid for the piece by check to Lord onMarch 4, 2002. According to the terms of a contract with the Seattle glassblower, Lord was to have paid Chihuly Studio $16,000 for the artwork on March 14, 2002. As the complaint states, “as of July of 2005, this money has not been paid to Chihuly Studio, Inc.

A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for September 21^st at 1:30 p.m.

FEINGOLD MUST PAY

Senator Russell Feingold’s position as perhaps the poorest United States Senator seems secure now that his divorce is final. He has been ordered to pay $4,000 per month, in $2,000 installments, to his ex-wife, Mary Feingold. Senator Russ keeps the house in Middleton, she gets the one in Rockford, Illinois, poor dear.

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WIFE SAYS:
“RECALL MY HUSBAND!”

Pamela Malone was on the radio not long ago haranguing listeners of WMCS to recall Alderman Robert Bauman. Funny thing, since the downtown alderman is Dr. Malone’s husband.

But Bauman filed for divorce against Malone, which might explain a few things. The matter comes before Judge Sullivan next month for a preliminary hearing.

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KAROS SENTENCING DELAYED

Art fraudster Marilyn Karos was to have been sentenced in Federal Court for her guilty plea on charges that she “did corruptly endeavor to influence, obstruct and impede the due administration of justice in the case of Richard O’Hara v. United States.” The maximum term of imprisonment for the offense is ten years and $250,000. she agreed in April to a lesser fine of $2,100 and no prison time. However, the sentencing, scheduled for late August, has been delayed until October.