Cook County Democrats Move to Secrecy: Stroger's Office Sends Out Confidentiality Form

Chicago Public Radio reports:

Some of Cook County's top employees are being required to keep their mouths shut about the inner-workings of the government. Board President Todd Stroger's office is having them sign a confidentiality agreement.

The confidentiality agreement was sent to bureau chiefs, department heads, and employees directly under Stroger. It says employees shall not discuss personnel files, internal practices, or correspondence to and from Stroger, even after they've left their jobs. Critics say the confidentiality form most likely won't fulfill its purpose. Jay Stewart, with the Better Government Association, says employees will still share information if they really want to.

STEWART: If you want to know what the atmosphere is at the highest level of Cook County, this document says to me 'distrust' would be a way to describe it.

Stewart says such a document is unusual; neither the City of Chicago or the State of Illinois have similar policies. In a written statement, a spokesperson for President Stroger's office says the confidentiality agreement is an extension of its ethics rules.

Todd Stroger is the Obama endorsed Democratic Machine hack.How this can be legal is beyond me.I guess Cook County Democrats want to try and hide their patronage army.