From yesterday’s Chicago Sun-Times, on Democratic Senate nominee and state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias:
Giannoulias has had a rough year. The bank he was vice-president of when he ran for state treasurer four years ago entered into a consent decree with federal and state regulators, and even Giannoulias says he expects the bank to fail. Reporters are finding more loans the bank gave to people with ties to organized crime during Giannoulias’ tenure.
And minutes before Giannoulias spoke today, Crain’s Chicago Business reported a $10,000 IRS tax lien filed against the bank for underpayment of money owed.
Giannoulias said today that he was not familiar with the lien. His spokeswoman Kathleen Strand dismissed the issue as a minor amount of money and said the issue is being resolved…
Lucky for the IRS, Giannoulias is now running for Senate, so the tax bill, which dates back to 2002, will probably be taken care of.
Meanwhile, still no word on Giannoulias’s campaign finances:
Giannoulias said he would not release until Tuesday the amount of money he has raised in the most recent reporting period — and it will be less than the $2.2 million [Republican Rep. Mark] Kirk has raised
