Friday, March 29

Cook County’s Judge Bastone Retires Again

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Soonie Bastone, Judge Bastone's wife.

Soonie Bastone, Judge Bastone’s wife.

Judge Robert Bastone, one of Cook County’s most controversial appointed judges, is retiring. Famous for his closeness to numerous Chicago Outfit heavyweights, Bastone has decided to enjoy his generous 6-figure annual pensions instead of continuing with his job of basically running Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans’ office.

His Honor was initially put in power by the now old Chicago First Ward (the Chicago Outfit’s Ward). He made headlines several times at American News Post in recent years for his questionable conduct as a judge.

Cook County is now a smidgen cleaner. Unfortunately, the county is so dirty that the departure of Bastone might not even be noticed. I hope he and his wife do not end up killing each other now that he will supposedly be around the house more often.

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  1. Joe Fosco, you are basically a fucking idiot who writes the dumbest articles that absolutely noone cares about in Chicago. Get a fucking life.

    • DB,
      Perhaps you will somehow realize that you have inadvertently proven that someone cares about what I write and/or other ANP authors write for our readers such as you, who read what we publish. Thank you for your readership, opinion and time. 😉
      Sincerely,
      Joe Fosco