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Former “harbor boss” tells stories of lakefront-related corruption
Robert Nelson, the city’s final director of Harbors and Marine Services between 1987 and 1993, has written a book called Dirty Waters (reviewed by the Reader here) about the experience. Nelson, now 76, was appointed by Mayor Harold Washington. The four men who held the “harbor boss” job before him all ended up in federal prison. “It was so chaotic and it was obvious I was not welcome, not by the Washington administration, but by the old culture,” Nelson told the Tribune. “So I started very early on taking notes and copying memos.” [Tribune]
