Casimir "Casey" Laskowski was an American politician and mortician who served on the Chicago City Council for 24 years.
[1] During World War II, he served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force.
Adamowski ran an outsider campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 1955 Chicago mayoral election, ultimately losing to Richard J. Daley.
His decision to side with Adamowski over Daley, the establishment candidate, earned Laskowski the nickname "The Rebel".
[1] Laskowski's ward was located in a heavily Polish neighborhood on Chicago's Northwest Side.
[1] He founded and owned Casey Laskowski and Sons Funeral Home[2][6] in the Kelvyn Park neighborhood.