Poverty and profits: Mayor Rahm Emanuel & City of Chicago gives black felon six-figure grant to open liquor store

Watchdog: Store with ties to felon latest problem for blighted Negro neighborhood

With backing from the local alderwoman and money from City Hall, a new liquor store opened earlier this year in South Austin -- one more purveyor of alcohol, cigarettes and lottery tickets in a neighborhood desperate for something more.

Informing the original backer of the store that he would be getting $105,000 in city funds, a letter from the Department of Community Development exclaimed: "Thank you for reinvesting in the City of Chicago!"

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