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Article: Quiet donor gives Burris $1 million
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 3, 2002
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Joseph Stroud is said to be a quiet guy who doesn't like the
limelight.
That was certainly true Friday, when Stroud--head of the only
black-owned television station in the Chicago area and president of a
telecommunications firm--did not return phone calls about the support
his firms have given to Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roland
Burris--support worth more than $1 million.
It is believed to be the largest contribution from an outside
source in Illinois political history.
Stroud is so publicity shy that Burris' campaign initially refused
to provide reporters with any additional information about an