Rachel Marrello: A Product of the Same Political Power Structure

Rachel Marrello was retained by the Cook County Shakman Compliance Administrator to review the County’s hiring practices—specifically to help ensure that patronage hiring and political favoritism were eliminated.
But today, political powerbrokers are the ones backing her judicial campaign.

At a time when insiders are working behind the scenes to hand-pick judges, Cook County simply can’t afford a return to the old patterns of influence, favoritism, and machine-style decision making.