Like Wife, Like Husband: Sandi Jackson A No-Show At Meeting

It should come to no one’s surprise that 7th Ward Alderwoman Sandi Jackson (wife of Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.) was a no show at a Chicago City Council meeting today (her second in as many weeks) especially since it as come to light via “Wall Street Journal” that the Feds are looking into her role in her husband’s [Jesse Jackson] little spending spree via campaign donations.

In case you are living under a rock and do not know what is going on with the Jackson family it seems that Jesse Jr., son of activist reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., went on a little house decorating of his D.C. pad at, well, your expanse. His D.C. digs are believe to cost little over 2 million bucks. Also Jesse -that is Jr.- appears that he also bought a lady “friend” a $40,000 Rolex.

[Sandi] Jackson has been outspoken about her husband’s problems and has come off as a firm supporter of him as well (she has been overheard calling the press “JACKELS“). However, as more and more things come to light about his off the record “dealings” like his supposed possible plea deal that will find him loosing his [Jesse Jr.] re-elected seat -a seat that was believed that Sandi Jackson herself was going to go after. Although now with the Feds giving a look things might change on that front- we’ll see how “on board” she will remain.

But this new investigation does not leave [Sandi] Jackson with out friends. Outspoken Alderman Bob Fioretti talked about (to WLS 890AM Radio) the code of silence that the City Council [Chicago] has, saying: “We have a code of silence within our own council members ranks. So what's the code of silence then? Sometimes not criticizing our colleagues. We stay away from it.” Sandi Jackson has other allies as well in Council in the likes of the Chairman of the City Council’s Budget Committee Alderwoman (34th) Carrie Austin who states that in every marriage somewhere down the line, you think that your husband might fool around on you, but not necessarily commit adultery… “But now to have it all slammed in her face,” Ald. Austin goes on to say, “That has got to be humiliating… You fooled us all -including your wife.” ALD. Austin also goes on about  how she is angry that Jesse Jackson was [is] trying to work out a plea deal with the Feds. “We respected you were ill [We Said] ’Let the man heal.’ Then you come out with this poppycock?… a day after the election that you won handily with the support of us.”

It is going to be interesting to see how all this plays out and how quiet [Sandi] Jackson stays as it becomes more than apparent that some kind of wrong doing has taken place with the so-called “friend” her husband has. That, and just how involved she [Sandi] was with the misused campaign funds. To note: Sandi Jackson is paid $5,000 a month in salary from her husband’s [Jesse Jackson] campaign fund as she has acted as his spokesperson about his “illness”.


Cited Sources:
NBC Channel 5 Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
WLS 890Am
ABC Channel 7 Chicago
Wall Street Journal

Time is Tick… Tick… Ticking Away for Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Freedom

One day after Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District overwhelmingly elected themselves the dumbest humans on the planet Earth with their re-election of Jesse Jackson Jr., a man who has not been heard from, really, since June of the this year (along with not showing up on the House floor, and has missed 225 votes) as he… well we’ll get into that.

Hours after President Obama stood in front of Chicago, the country, and the world giving his exception speech rumors began to swirl around Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and a possible plea deal with the Feds about his misuse of campaign funds (Sneed, Chicago SunTimes). The Feds are looking into allegations that Jackson went on a spending spree that included [Jackson] re-decorating his Washington D.C. home (reportedly worth 2.5 million) and the purchase of a $40,000 Rolex watch for a female “friend”.

Allegations of the misused campaign funds are actually added on top of allegations (and investigations by both the FBI and the House Ethics Committee) that Jackson had tried to purchase the Senate seat that Barrack Obama gave up when he was elected the Grand PooBah of the nation from NOW jailed Illinois Governor Blagojevich  back in 2008. Jackson has called these allegations false and that he has no knowledge of anything illegal. However, that remains to be seen because since Blagojevich has been imprisoned, Jackson has been seeking treatment at the MAYO Clinic for “bi-polar” disorder along with “gastrointestinal” problems.

But all this should be nothing new for Illinois’ Congressional 2nd District nor the people of Illinois itself.

If Jackson is found guilty of any of these charges he will be the second congressman in a row from that district (US-Il 2nd) to be convicted of a crime. Jackson moved into his seat when then Mel Reynolds was convicted of sexual misconduct, child pornography, and obstruction of justice when he was found to be having an affair with an underage campaign worker and bank fraud in 1995, with Reynolds as well misusing campaign funds for personal use. On top of that sad and funny truth is that Reynolds ousted the congressman before him (Savage) who was a target -as well- for the House Ethics Committee for allegations that he made improper sexual advances towards a woman on a trip to Zaire. (It is do to note that Savage was never charged with a crime.)

To add to the ever growing legal problems Jackson has, it appears that the Democrats are beginning to look at people who will replace him [Jackson] in Congress. If and when Jackson either pleads guilty or is found guilty it looks likely that the there will be a special election on the horizon, possibly sometime in March causing a no-hold-barred attack for the seat. Among some of the names being thrown around as possibles are Jackson’s wife and brother. Sandi Jackson is a 7th Ward Alderman in Chicago; Jackson’s brother, Jonathon, is the national spokesman for RAINBOW/PUSH (headed by father Jesse Jackson). Other viable candidates are: 9th Ward Alderman, Anthony Beale; State Senator Napoleon Harris, and Barrack Obama’s replacement Senator Kwame Raoul.

Jesse Jackson Jr.’s legal problems are just another notch in an ever growing list of defunct politicians in Illinois. The prior two Governors of the state (Ryan and Blagojevich) are currently behind bars.  

Other cited sources include, Chicago Sun-Times, WGN News, New York Times, Washington Times, Southtown Star