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...For years, it's been Rezko's practice to befriend up-and-coming political figures, from Blagojevich to the godson of former County Board President John Stroger. Rezko often weaves those political friendships into business ventures....
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....Obama said his family's real estate broker brought the house to his wife's attention. He said he discussed the house with Rezko but isn't sure how Rezko began pursuing the adjacent lot. But Obama raised the possibility that he was the first to bring the lot to Rezko's attention.
"I don't recall exactly what our conversations were or where I first learned, and I am not clear what the circumstances were where he made a decision that he was interested in the property," Obama said.....
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.....But Obama said he pays his landscaper to mow Rezko's 7,500-square-foot yard.
A person can't enter the Rezko lot from the street--but Obama's groundskeeper gets in through the gate that opens from Obama's lot.
Service mows both lawns
"Right now my landscaper who comes and does all my work, I have asked him to go ahead and mow the lawn on the other side," Obama said.
"My intention was to have the landscaper figure out some pro-rata cost for that mowing <h3>and send that bill to Rezko," Obama said. "I just haven't had time to do it."</h3>
The lawn-mowing bill that he plans to send Rezko "can't be more than three or four hundred, a thousand dollars," Obama added....
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I'm wondering, on cold nights, which one of them "hogs the blankets"....