Author: John Kass
Reprint: Chicago Tribune
September 18, 2011
The Solyndra scandal cost at least a half-billion public dollars.
It is plaguing President Barack Obama. And it's being billed as a Washington story.
But back in Obama's political hometown, those of us familiar with the Chicago Way can see something else in Solyndra — something that the Washington crowd calls "optics." In fact, it's not just a Washington saga — it has all the elements of a Chicago City Hall story, except with more zeros.
Obama's Solyndra scandal reeks of the Chicago Way
And It doesn't smell fresh and green.
Reprint: Chicago Tribune
September 18, 2011
The Solyndra scandal cost at least a half-billion public dollars.
It is plaguing President Barack Obama. And it's being billed as a Washington story.
But back in Obama's political hometown, those of us familiar with the Chicago Way can see something else in Solyndra — something that the Washington crowd calls "optics." In fact, it's not just a Washington saga — it has all the elements of a Chicago City Hall story, except with more zeros.
Obama's Solyndra scandal reeks of the Chicago Way
And It doesn't smell fresh and green.
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