SPRINGFIELD For years before his name showed up on a federalbribery indictment, Michael R. Martin was a familiar face in IllinoisRepublican circles.
When Gov. Jim Edgar's campaign for governor needed help - firstin 1990, then in 1994 - it could count on volunteer Martin to toillong hours as a computer fix-it man at Citizens for Edgarheadquarters.
When party leaders like Edgar and Senate President James "Pate"Philip (R-Wood Dale) needed political contributions, they could bankon hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash or services steered tothem by Martin.
When Sen. Aldo DeAngelis (R-Olympia Fields) was looking for anew investor in a Florida business …
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