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Clout list: Hey Longo...a lot more people than your guys are qualified. Life in clout city. Your reaction?

By  Lynn Sweet
   
SHARE Clout list: Hey Longo...a lot more people than your guys are qualified. Life in clout city. Your reaction?

This quote from our Sun-Times story on the clout hiring trial grabbed me:

“ Political operative Dominic Longo, of the controversial Coalition for Better Government group, made no apologies for going to bat for his people. “All my guys were qualified,” Longo said.”

How many ways does he not get it…..

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