A fundraising invitation for event benefiting Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan came as Andrew Madigan’s insurance firm was angling for business from the south suburb.
Around the time he was trying to get the village of Alsip to hire his clout-heavy insurance company, Andrew Madigan invited the south suburb’s mayor to a campaign fundraiser for his father, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned.
“Per our discussion, I have attached the invite for the Mayors for the Speaker event,” Andrew Madigan emailed Alsip Mayor John Ryan on Aug. 27, 2018, after more than a year of behind-the-scenes talks about how the village government might hire Alliant/Mesirow Insurance Services, where the younger Madigan is a top executive.
The email, obtained by the Sun-Times through a public records request to Alsip, included a flier advertising the Sept. 25, 2018, event held at the Berwyn law offices of Michael Del Galdo, who represents Cicero and Melrose Park, among other communities.
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The fundraiser was sponsored by a slew of suburban mayors, including several targeted by federal authorities in an ongoing corruption investigation, among them Lyons Mayor Chris Getty and McCook Mayor Jeff Tobolski, who’s also a Cook County commissioner.
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“Please call me with any questions,” Andrew Madigan wrote. “As always, thank you for your support.”
Ryan wrote him back on Sept. 11, 2018, saying, “Thank you for the invitation I will put a check in the mail today.”
