Corruption Coming to a School Near You

Saturday's Chicago Sun-Times headline:

Feds probe company over use of gift cards

It's on a page three article by Natasha Korecki. (When she was an intern in Springfield, Korecki's parents ran Algonquin's Edella's Family Restaurant south of where the old post office used to be on Route 31, just south of the hiking/biking trail. Korecki also covered the George Ryan trial.)

The gist of the story is that a Des Plaines school (and other government) supply firm with $420 million of sales last year is bribing school officials with supposedly untraceable Winners Choice gift cards in direct proportion to their purchases, as an inducement to purchase their products.

The last time something like this came up, it was cleaning supplies, I believe. Townships took a big hit.

Also posted at McHenry County Blog.