People are Talking
"Thanks so much for talking with our group of U of C students. Students
appreciated your thought provoking and candid comments about the political
system. As one student told me later: "Laski's story is an eye-opening
experience, even for Chicagoans who are used to corruption. It's one that all
Chicagoans hear but few politicians admit to.
His story shed's light on how a man who had everything made a few critical
mistakes and lost what he cared for most."
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"Mr. Laski was extremely gracious and
generous with his time, and treated students and faculty to a highly
stimulating talk about his experiences in the world of big City
Chicago politics under Mayor Richard M. Daley.
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" The authors riveting cautionary messages
should resonate strongly with such audiences, as well as with many businesses
and youth groups.
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" On April 8th, 2008, I had the pleasure of
attending a brownbag lunch talk at the Kent State University Stark Campus
Student Center with author and former Chicago City Clerk James Laski.
He spoke eloquently and movingly about his own incarceration in a federal
prison for his role in Chicago's infamous "Hired Truck Program Scandal," and
that prison's appalling sanitary, nutritional, and medical conditions.
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Jim Laski Speaking Engagements
In this election year,
people are eager to learn more about the political system that nurtures
and supports such current politicians as Illinois Senator Barack Obama,
himself a product and beneficiary of Chicago politics. Universities students
and political science/justice faculty are a natural audience.
Mr. Laski can explain to Civil Liberty Union groups, civic organizations, and businesses that minimum security federal prisons are definitely NOT glorified summer camps or country clubs. His current book has been banned by the Federal Bureau of Prisons across the nation, due to its open and candid criticism of Morgantown Federal Corrections Institute's dehumanization and deplorable nutritional, sanitary, and health care conditions.
He is also qualified to speak to youth groups about the dangers of falling prey to the temptations of political prestige and money, and deliver valuable cautionary messages to such organizations.
Mr. Laski can draw on his prior career as a lawyer, and as a business and advertising consultant, to speak on legal and business ethics to groups.
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Excerpt from Jim's City Club of Chicago Speech
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