Baby step on road to City Council ethics reform
From the Chicago Sun Times & Better Government Association
But leave it to a few Chicago aldermen to rain on the mayor’s reform parade by initially balking at the monitor’s request that they follow the same “do-not-hire” list when they’re filling City Council jobs.
Some aldermen called the criticism unfair, claiming they were never asked to comply.
Others said they were open to going along with the constraint, but wanted to know more about how it worked first.
And a few were miffed by the suggestion they were missing a golden opportunity to embrace a valuable reform as they ramp up their re-election campaigns.
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