Monday, May 19, 2008

Chicago's City Council Lawlessness

Division Street reports:
An investigation by Chicago Talks and published jointly with The Beachwood Reporter shows that the Chicago City Council’s committees frequently meet without quoroms and conduct business anyway, a clear evasion of the law that could make the full council’s actions subject to legal challenge.

Similarly, our investigation found that Chicago City Council committees frequently fail to keep minutes of their meetings - and sometimes even basic information such as which members were actually in attendance.
We wonder if there will be any constitutional challenges to Chicago's ordinances over this.Chicago has ghost payrollers,so ghost aldermen isn't beyond the pale.