NPR has a news piece on Patrick Fitzgerald, the US Prosecutor in Chicago.
I don't know much about his politics, but what I do know is that he is all over every important case in this state. His wrath is bi-partisan - he's gone after both Governor George Ryan and Mayor Daley's regime - and from everything I've ever read and heard he gets results. This piece confirms all of that. He's a nice antidote to our hissy-fit pitching Illiois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, who sees sidewalk counselors as a top threat in our state.
