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Better Government Association records
Candidates' statements, topically-arranged investigation files, newsclippings, press releases, minutes, and correspondence of the BGA, a Chicago non-profit, investigative organization founded in 1923 that has focused media attention on waste and corruption in city, state, and federal government. Topics are primarily Chicago area cases, including the Alderman Thomas Keane case; investigations of government agencies, policies, and contracts, especially in health care,
Business and Professional People for the Public Interest records
Working files, including correspondence, memoranda, legal documents, and topical files of the Business and Professional People for the Public Interest (BPPPI), a public interest law firm engaged in litigation against police spying, segregation in public housing, industrial pollution, and other issues. Materials include files of attorney Alexander Polikoff on the Gautreaux case against the Chicago Housing Authority for allegedly building
Project L.E.A.P. records
Press releases, correspondence, clippings, brochures, meeting minutes, calendars, checklists, publications, reports, financial information, canvas results, primary and election information, ward files, and other papers of the Chicago area Project L.E.A.P. (Legal Elections in All Precincts). Topics mostly relate to elections and voting, including election histories and voter fraud. Sheldon Gardner was a leader of Project LEAP.