Article: Mell retreats, says attack on Blagojevich aide inaccurate Alderman chalks up accusation to being hurt

Article: Mell seeks payback against Kelly in 47th
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 26, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... meeting when Gene Sawyer was elected as mayor. Kelly views Mell as a loose cannon. Mell regards Kelly as a dinosaur. Both Democratic leaders are ... showdown in 1992 and sent Ronan into retirement. Kelly and Mell have been on different sides of many battles ...

Article: Mell: I take it back
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 20, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... at getting out from under Kelly's threat of a lawsuit, Mell wrote the governor's moneyman ... round of the family feud, Mell said Kelly's input in shaping the ... alderman said. Asked what Kelly got in return, Mell said, "I have no idea ...

Article: Mell's claims spur grand jury probe of gov's inner circle
Chicago Sun-Times;  May 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... was singled out in January by Mell, who alleged Kelly traded lucrative commission appointments ... claim as "100 percent false," and Mell recanted in writing after Kelly threatened to sue him for defamation. Mell's retreat, however, did not ...

Article: Gov's aide demands Mell retraction Fund-raiser vows suit ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Christopher G. Kelly, threatened Friday to sue Ald. Richard Mell for defamation if ... being displaced by Kelly. "When we first started raising money," Mell said last week ... letter to Clifford that Mell said nothing defamatory because Kelly is a public figure ...

Article: Mell laments his feud with gov went public Alderman: 'I ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... fund-raising chief Christopher Kelly. Mell said: "I am the old wife. The ... claim. "I am saddened that Ald. Mell would be making such wildly untrue accusations," Kelly said. Mell also said his own wife "begged ...

Article: Mell says son-in-law picking on him again Alderman's feud ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 12, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... administration's disclosure of Mell's involvement in the landfill ... Blagojevich fund- raiser Christopher Kelly and that Kelly was trading appointments to state ... Blagojevich and threat of legal action by Kelly, Mell later recanted his appointments ...

Article: Mell dumps on gov over landfill Dispute brings up long ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 8, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... spouse replaced by a trophy wife, Mell said he has been displaced within ... fund-raising chief Christopher Kelly, who Mell said "trades appointments to commissions ... governor's political fund. Both Kelly and a Blagojevich spokesman denied ...