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The [Tuesday] Papers"Chicago's city council watchdog wants access to aldermen's e-mails," WBEZ reports. At first blush, to some people, that may seem extreme. It's not. E-mails from city accounts - or from personal accounts to avoid detection but for the purpose of conducting city business - ought to be considered public documents, as they are in many other jurisdictions. But that's not the point of this item. Read on. "Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan made public the request in his first ever semi-annual report, released on Monday. Khan was hired late last year . . . Aldermen had long resisted watchdog oversight, ignoring calls from former Mayor Richard Daley to allow the city's inspector general to investigate city council members and staff. In 2010, aldermen created the Office of Legislative Inspector General. "It took a year-and-a-half for them to hire Khan. He is only paid to work part-time and has no staff." Here's an idea: Let's be his staff! Seriously, could we crowdsource this thing for Mr. Khan? Get a Knight grant? Involve the BGA? I'm not entirely sure how it would work, but at a minimum we could field a volunteer in each ward to field tips and complaints, couldn't we? Because where to you go now if you think something hinky is up in your neighborhood? Think about it, people. Cardinal Rule "I was born and raised here, and my understanding of being a Chicagoan never included submitting my value system to the government for approval. Must those whose personal values do not conform to those of the government of the day move from the city?Is the City Council going to set up a 'Council Committee on Un-Chicagoan Activities' and call those of us who are suspect to appear before it?" Oh, you don't have to appear before it; just look up and speak into the camera. * Cap Fax commenter P.: "And on the third day . . . someone read the Cardinal's blog." Cubs Proposal Subdivisions "After sitting on vacant retail properties for years, owners are striking deals with nontraditional tenants like churches and medical practices that don't generate the same kind of foot traffic or sales taxes as the typical store." Grant's Tomb "Robert D. Grant has served as the head of the Chicago office since January of 2005, according to a FBI press release." Thank you for your service, sir. My favorite moment was when you said this: "If Illinois isn't the most corrupt state in the country, it's certainly one helluva competitor," And this: "At the end of the day if we're charging politicians for taking bribes and there are business people or industries offering those bribes and we're not putting them in jail to the same tune as public officials, then we're only solving half the problem." * "Grant has accepted a position with the Walt Disney Company global security team in Los Angeles," the Tribune adds. Jeeper Creeper Priceless Advice Lottery Push "Despite not hitting its revenue target, Northstar still turned a record profit for the lottery, which has lagged other major state lotteries for years." So Illinoisans threw more money away than ever chasing odds worse than a lightning strike but still not as much as our new private lottery overlords promised. They promise to work harder, I'm sure. Cubsmageddon Rig Report - The Beachwood Tip Line: Partly cloudy, always sunny. Posted on July 31, 2012 |
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