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Proviso Probe

Sunday, January 21, 2007

F07, Shaw gives money to village to make an excuse to attack Doolin [FP]

Jim Shaw owns Doc Ryan's, a Forest Park bar that is a popular hangout for OPRFHS grads and Mayor Calderone's political allies. Shaw didn't get his way at a village council meeting and got unpleasant with Commissioner Patrick Doolin. Doolin requested Shaw be arrested. Doolin's former business partner, Lt. Steve Johnsen, directed a subordinate officer to arrest Shaw.

Shaw complained that his poor behavior didn't rise to the level of criminal misconduct. The village hired an investigator. The disciplinary action against Johnsen is a separate plot line.

Shaw sued Doolin and the Village of Forest Park. The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount. ("A nuisance lawsuit was settled for a nuisance amount," is the way one person put it.) Shaw donated $9,000 to the Forest Park Centennial Committee, but used the donation as an opportunity to attack Doolin. See Forest Park Review (Michelle Keefe).

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1 Comments:

  • Word is that Shaw settled his "false arrest" lawsuit against Doolin for a $5,000 payment from Doolin's personal insurance company. Shaw also had to pay all of his own attorneys fees.
    Congrat's Jim Shaw. You'd have gotten more money by dumping a cup of hot coffee from McDonald's in your lap or slipping on the stairs in front of village hall that night. What a joke Shaw is.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 2:36 PM, January 22, 2007  

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