Career
John Valone is an American, who has been President of Elevator Constructors Local 2 since 2004 and is Chairman of the Elevator Constructors Local 2 Public Affairs Committee Fund. His name has surfaced in court documents on March 8, 2008 in the Tony Rezko Federal Corruption Trial. Since 2008, John Valone has raised $30,000 a year for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund with his annual Local 2 Golf Outing.
On March 8, 2008 a ten-page document surfaced on the Department of Justice Website as evidence in the Tony Rezko Federal Corruption trial.
According to the document, John Valone"s name surfaces at the bottom of page 2 "Rezko Donation Chart June 2001 to August 2004", it References the July 23, 2003. $10,000 Elevator Constructors Local 2 Public Affairs Committee fund contribution that went through Tony Rezko on July 24, 2003 and was deposited into Blagojevich"s coffers on July 25, 2003.
Columbia Broadcasting System 2 Chicago reported on March 4, 2008. That among the issues expected to come up at the Rezko Federal Corruption Trial is Blagojevich"s 2003 appointment of a campaign donor to a state safety board.
The Associated Press broke a story on March 3, 2008 that Union Officers from the Elevator Constructors received three appointments to the Illinois Elevator Safety Board in the same month the Elevator Constructors Local 2 Public Affairs Committee Fund donated $10,000 to Governor Rod Blagojevich"s campaign in July 2003.
