A former Chicago alderman is pushing for the creation of a suburban inspector general’s office to thwart corruption in the 1,200-plus government agencies spread throughout the suburban landscape.
In a report released Monday, Dick Simpson, a former alderman and current head of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s political science department, cited more than 100 cases over the past three decades involving suburban officials convicted of corruption.
via DailyHerald.com.
The article provides a couple of examples of corrupt behavior by suburban pols. Nothing surprising; and missing some of the bigger players (Mayors Blaze & Stephens.)
What’s missing from the article, and from the report apparently, is any mention of the dynamic duo of legal prosecution Ms. Anita Alvarez and Ms. Lisa Madigan. Both of these positions have investigation divisions. Each is certainly capable of putting corrupt politicians in jail.
That Anita and Lisa simply refuse to protect the citizens from corrupt politicians means they both need to be replaced.