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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[Rabblevox]

1. Sometimes the headlines just write themselves. And btw, here is Svengoolie,...

the guy that throws the chickens.

http://svengoolie.com

I call epic pass on this one, I love it!

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. every town needs $1000 in rubber chickens

[Edweird]

3. The rubber chicken lobby are some bad mo-fo's.

[surrealAmerican]

4. I could understand if Berwyn needed 250 rubber chickens ...

... but Cicero?


I wonder what Svengoolie will make of this.

[rfranklin]

5. Were they having a fundraising dinner?

That's what is usually served at such functions.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. And the reason . . .

"Konz, daughter of Cicero Town Trustee Lorraine Walsh, provided the chickens to be tossed by local TV horror host Svengoolie during Sunday's Houby Day Parade in Cicero and Berwyn."



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