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Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, from Chicago, teared up as she remembered the early stages of Mell's and Baker's relationship, and vowed to fight for marriage equality in Illinois.

Rep. Deb Mell Announces Engagement On House Floor: 'Gay Or Straight, It Should Be Honored' (VIDEO) 2010

Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, from Chicago, teared up as she remembered the early stages of Mell's and Baker's relationship, and vowed to fight for marriage equality in Illinois.

Rep. Deb Mell Announces Engagement On House Floor: 'Gay Or Straight, It Should Be Honored' (VIDEO) 2010

Marin asked Baker how she felt about joining the very political Mell family -- especially with the trial of Mell's brother-in-law, Rod Blagojevich, slated for this summer.

Rep. Deb Mell To Announce Engagement To Partner Christin Baker On The House Floor Today (VIDEO) 2010

Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, from Chicago, teared up as she remembered the early stages of Mell's and Baker's relationship, and vowed to fight for marriage equality in Illinois.

Rep. Deb Mell Announces Engagement On House Floor: 'Gay Or Straight, It Should Be Honored' (VIDEO) 2010

Mell's daughter Patti told me back then, before she and Mell also became estranged, that job seekers used her father as the conduit to the governor.

Carol Felsenthal: When Burris Wanted to Get to Blagojevich, He Called Lon Monk 2009

Two cops even tried to take pictures her as a "representative of Mell's," and her video recording of this led to the defeat of one of the cops in a race for Alderman:

Five-way Green Primary to Take Place in Illinois; Twenty-six Candidates in Total 2009

Gordils made headlines earlier when she confronted two uniformed police officers taking pictures of her and identifying themselves as Mell's representatives.

Five-way Green Primary to Take Place in Illinois; Twenty-six Candidates in Total 2009

When I grew up on the city's northside, Mell's name was a fixture on campaign yard signs in my family's 33rd ward neighborhood as far back as I can remember.

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Mell's letter of complaint, which accused the BBC of doing "a huge disservice" to "your great institution and nation," was made available to The Jerusalem Post for publication. posted by GayandRight @ 10:39 PM

BBC equates Hariri and Mughniyeh.... GayandRight 2008

The issue is highly charged because federal investigators have questioned a handful of Mell's office workers -- all of whom have denied wrongdoing -- as part of a sweeping probe into alleged City Council ghost payrolling, the time-worn practice of collecting a public paycheck but doing little or no work.

Blago-What? Never Heard of Him. 2008