suntimes.com — BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com February 23, 2012 6:56PM William Beavers at a 2008 County Board meeting. | al podgorski~sun-Times William Beavers is an old-school caricature of a Chicago aldermen who loved patronage and contracts, made no apologies for it and "retired" to the Cook County Board to "relax and enjoy the good life."