Patrick Levar
Patrick Levar (born c. 1951) is the former alderman of the 45th ward of the City of Chicago.
Early life
Levar is a graduate of St. Patrick’s High School (1969) and Northeastern Illinois University (1973). Before becoming Alderman Levar worked for the Clerk of the Circuit Court at traffic court 321 N LaSalle.
Alderman
Levar was one of the so-called "Vrdolyak 29" opponents to Mayor Harold Washington.[1]
Levar controlled three political action committees: Citizens to Re-elect Patrick J Levar, the 45th Ward Regular Democratic Organization, and the Patrick J Levar 45th Ward Committeeman Fund.[2]
Alderman Levar was Chairman of the Committee on Aviation of the Chicago City Council. Levar was chairman of the Aviation Committee since the early 1990s, while his brother Michael was a top city official in charge of O'Hare International Airport construction contracts until Michael retired from his city job in 2004. Michael Levar was a focus of a massive investigation of city aviation deals looking into possible women- and minority-owned business fraud and into campaign contributions from airport contractors to Alderman Levar.[3]
References
- ^ Fremon, David (1988). Chicago Politics Ward by Ward. Indiana University Press. p. 301. ISBN 0-253-31344-9.
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- ^ Novak, Tim; Fusco, Chris; Marin, Carol (2009-02-23). "Alderman's brother in O'Hare probe". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
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