Town spends $1,000 on rubber chickens

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CICERO, Ill., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- An Illinois town official said 250 rubber chickens were purchased for $1,000 from a company owned by a member of a town board "as a matter of convenience."

Ray Hanania of Cicero said the rubber chickens were purchased from You & Me, a company owned by Housing and Real Estate Board member Rosemary Walsh Konz, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Friday.

"It was my call," Hanania said. "It was just a matter of convenience. We can order and pay them later."

He said other vendors wanted to be paid immediately.



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