bob feldman (not verified) says:

What also should be noted is that the Obama Campaign's national finance chair, Penny Pritzker, was a board member of the Superior Bank S&L, which collapsed in 2001 (at a cost to U.S. taxpayers of $440 million), after the bank's board allowed it to engage in financially reckless subprime mortgage lending and predatory lending. See the Nov. 8, 2002 article in In These Times, titled "Breaking The Bank," for more info about the Pritzker family's role in the Superior Bank S&L Scandal at the following link:

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/671/

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