An Illinois park executive is getting dragged after she was accused of using a taxpayer-funded credit card to help cover the cost for an $800 helicopter rental that was used for her daughter’s prom photo shoot, in a prime example of corruption within the state’s government. Quintina Brown, who serves as the head of the Markham Park District, located outside Chicago, arranged for the helicopter to land at Roesner Park on May 8, so her daughter Quamyra, 17, could pose for pictures in front of it.
The company that owned the helicopter sent an invoice for the service to city attorney Kelly Krauchun, which included the credit card number used by Brown. The invoice also listed “Markham Parks” as the customer and used the park district fieldhouse address, and included Brown’s signature. Krauchun revealed that the deposit was charged to a park district credit card that is funded with tax dollars.
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