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Thompson aides accused of fraud in tax proposition petition drive
Kane County State's Attorney Eugene Armentrout says Thompson campaign aides pressured forgeries during the 1980 tax lid petition drive. He alleges signers were among those forged and that roundtabling was used to pad pages. Armentrout expects indictment. he cites heavy pressure from Gov. James R. Thompson and aides.
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Thompson
Bob Springer
Geneva
Ill
James R. Thompson
Eugene Armentrout
Kane County
Associated Press
Armentrout
State Board of Elections
Trout
Larry Lucas
Lucas
Illinois
Elections Board
Kane
David Gilbert
Dave
Gene
Soren
Gilbert
Cook County
Chicago
David Robinson
Springfield
State Department of Law Enforcement
Michael Dunn
Dunn
John
Rockford
Gerard Haley
Waukegan
Barbara Watson
GOP
State Central Committee