City ethics chair: Loophole could nix oversight of campaign funds
From the Chicago Sun Times
The City Council’s handpicked inspector general is appealing for more money, manpower and authority with an assist from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s revamped Board of Ethics.
In a letter to aldermen attached to Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan’s semi-annual report, Board of Ethics Chairman Stephen W. Beard warns that, unless the City Council moves immediately to close a legislative loophole, “Chicago will head into a municipal election year with no oversight of contributions made to aldermen or their challengers.”
The regulatory vacuum stems from ethics reforms championed by the mayor last summer and grudgingly approved by the City Council.
Back