Perfectly Cast for the Role

[I]f you wanted to go to central casting and say, 'Give me one alderman that represents the culture and the history and the kind of spirit of Chicago,' Dick Mell would pop up and he would win the casting call without a doubt. [More]

And doesn't that just say it all?

As does the "Authorized Journalist" who  penned this retrospective attributing such corrupt and hypocritical abuse of power to his being "a colorful scamp."

Forget it Jake, it's Chi-Town.