The mayor of Harvey, Illinois, a city of about 18,000 just south of Chicago, knew that the strip club allowed prostitution in a private area of the club, and he demanded $3,000 a month from the business to let it stay open, according to prosecutors.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/illinois-strip-club-paid-mayor-to-run-prostitution-for-years-u-s-says/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_all
Thank God he's not the current Mayor anymore!