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Preckwinkle vs. Commissioners

Yasmin Rammohan | September 21, 2011, 11:19 am

In a showdown with Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, several county commissioners refuse to take unpaid furlough days. Elizabeth Brackett has the story.

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