ROGERS PARK BLAGO MONEY CONNECTION

Raghuveer Nayak

Raghuveer Nayak MS, RPh was a major money man for Rod Blagojevich. He lives in Oak Brook, a wealthy western Chicago suburb, and he owns the Rogers Park One Day Surgery Center at 7616 N. Paulina in Rogers Park, a Chicago neighborhood on Lake Michigan and at Evanston's southern border. He has deep connections to Blago and to Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. 

According to the Chicago Tribune today, "Blagojevich made an appearance at an Oct. 31 luncheon meeting at the India House restaurant in Schaumburg sponsored by Oak Brook businessman Raghuveer Nayak, a major Blagojevich supporter who also has fundraising and business ties to the Jackson family, according to several attendees and public records." More than a million dollars was raised for "Blagojevich's campaign as a way to encourage him to pick Jackson for the job." Full Story...

Nayak, a pharmacist, has been a major donor to politicians for some time. Campaignmoney.com lists his 2008 contributions. So does NewsMeat. Nayak has been a Blagojevich appointed policy panel leader.

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