A $900,000 no-bid contract awarded by the Illinois Division ofInsurance to a politically connected attorney for a study ofbrokerage contingency fees has become a state election campaignissue.
The matter was spotlighted when the Chicago-Sun Times reportedon the award of the contract to Myron "Mike" Cherry, a Chicagoattorney who has made political donations to Democratic Gov. Rod R.Blagojevich.
Joe Birkett, the Republican candidate for Illinois lieutenantgovernor, was quoted as calling it a "sweetheart contract" by thegovernor's administration.
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