But records released this week also show almost $500,000 that could be available to Stroger through his father's campaign funds, and they don't include proceeds from a July fund-raiser.

Well, Todd, that's much different from what you told Fox News Chicago's Duane Placko this weekend...this from Tony Peraica's Web site:

Is Todd Stroger deliberately trying to mislead the media and voters of Cook County regarding his support from his father's political and financial machine? Or does he just not know any better?  Asked yesterday during our joint appearance on FOX Chicago's Sunday morning news program just how much money from his father's campaign accounts would be transferred to his campaign, Todd evaded the question by responding, 'Uh, there is, uh, very little money left, uh, less than a hundred thousand.' Probed further as to the state of his own campaign's finances, Todd replied 'Me? I'm starting from scratch. So, I'm starting off with ten thousand, and working my way up.'

In fact, the latest D-2 reports on file for John Stroger's political committees show quite a bit more than $100,000 left -- Todd was actually off by 600 percent. Friends of Stroger had $258,387.50 in its bank account as of June 30, and Stroger for President had $349,236.50 as of June 30. All told, that's $607,624 in these two political committees.

And Todd didn't even get his own numbers right. Rather than the 'ten thousand' he says he has in his bank account, the D-2 report for Friends of Todd Stroger showed $36,130.58 cash on hand as of June 30.

Since Todd's misstatement of the facts allowed him to evade Dane Placko's original question, I'll ask it again: Todd, just how much of that $607,624 that was sitting in your father's campaign accounts as of one month ago do you expect to have transferred to you?