Justice Department Accuses Daley Administration of Cover-Up in Hiring Fraud

The Chicago Tribune reports:

On Monday, federal prosecutors made new allegations about how Daley administration officials protected a secret political hiring system that rewarded loyal campaign workers:

- Files were deleted from the city's mainframe computer to destroy evidence of political hiring.

- Department personnel directors were told to conceal the role that the mayor's office played in dictating job picks--"deny everything--deny, deny, deny," one was told.

- Former Daley aide Robert Sorich, accused of overseeing the system, told his secretary to shred records that tracked job seekers' names and their political sponsors.

That's the Chicago Way.The most dishonest institutions in Chicago are government agencies.