Cook County GOP Chairman Gary Skoien offered a reward for evidence tying Chicago Mayr Richard Daley to the latest corruption scandal in his administration on Tuesday.

On Thursday, Skoien was fired from his job as executive vice president and chief operations officer at The Prime Company, a real estate development company. The reason?

Prime GroupÂ’s chief executive officer, Mike Reschke, delivered the news to Skoien that he was out as executive vice president and chief operations officer.

Reschke says SkoienÂ’s actions went too far.

“I’m not very happy with what Gary did,” Reschke said. “I think it was inappropriate and irresponsible. I don’t think he should continue in his role with the company.”

Reschke praised Daley as the greatest mayor in America -- but somehow overlooked the latest scandals to his his administration. A federal investigation of a $38 million program that allows the city to outsource its hauling work, which has already resulted in 21 guilty pleas, and another in which federal prosecutors have charged two city hall officials with rigging the cityÂ’s hiring system. It seems that good-will from city officials is more important to Reschke than honest government. Folks might want to consider that before doing business with Prime.

Not, of course, that Skoien is unemployed. His primary source of income comes from his work as chief executive officer of Horizon Group Properties Inc., which owns factory outlets around the country.

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