Valerie Jarrett ran in elite circles while managing a housing complex that was seized by the government due to slum conditions

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Jarrett had accomplished parents but failed to honor that, instead becoming a slumlord and being fired from Mayor Daley's staff.

8/14/12, "Obama's Strange Dependence on Valerie Jarrett," American Thinker, Karin McQuillen

"Not that Jarrett's record in Chicago was anything to be proud of. Jarrett was known for her corruption and incompetence. Daley finally had to fire her after a scandal erupted over her role in misuse of public funds in the city's substandard public housing. She went on to become CEO of Habitat Executive Services, pulling down $300,000 in salary and $550,000 in deferred compensation. Again, she managed a housing complex that was seized by government inspectors for slum conditions. The scandal didn't matter to Obama. The sordid corruption was all part of Jarrett's Chicago success story."...

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