Convicted in 1990 bribery case, ex-Chicago police officer has worked the last two decades as a security guard at City Colleges. He now stands to draw a taxpayer-subsidized pension.
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Critical Report On CPS School Closings Raises Questions
Surprisingly, the findings landed with a thud, generating minimal media coverage and scant reaction from lawmakers and community leaders.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
CTA Pension Fund Sends Officials To Hawaii, Other Lush Locales
Taxpayers cover travel expenses so CTA pension fund officials can attend conferences in Hawaii, New Orleans, elsewhere. Plus, agency wants to know if dead people are drawing retirement benefits.
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
Government Consolidation Bill Becomes State Law
BGA-supported “Smart Streamlining” effort gains momentum.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation, Newsroom
City Inspectors General: Watchdogs On A Leash
They launch hundreds of investigations but results are lackluster, a BGA Rescuing Illinois report reveals.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Lost And Found
Confiscated by Dolton police, antique handgun goes missing from station, then turns up amid inquiry. Now a police supervisor faces possible discipline.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Brash Advance
Summit’s politically connected village administrator allegedly gives himself a “loan” with taxpayer money. Confronted by the BGA and FOX 32, he resigns.
Posted inAnalysis, Perspective, Policy
We’re Barking About City Pound Problems
It’s disappointing, and at times heartbreaking, to watch the city’s Animal Care and Control agency (ACC) doing what critics consider a poor job of handling lost, abandoned and stray pets and wildlife.
Posted inFollow-Up, Investigation
Protect And Nerve
Community college in south suburbs hires politically connected security guard with history of run-ins with the law; Plus, president of the school packs heat.
Posted inAnalysis, Policy
Paying Big for Illinois’ Local Government Glut
Without question, Illinois has too many units of local government.