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City watchdog: Ethics panel ignores evidence of employee gifts

July 18, 2012
Chicago Tribune
By Hal Dardick
 

The evidence that three companies gave more than $3,500 in gifts to a city worker included thank-you ema

City watchdog uncovers minority-contracting fraud, other abuses

July 18, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter  


A minority- and woman-owned company that allegedly acted as a “pass-through&rdquo

Rahm Emanuel’s ethics overhaul sails through committee

July 18, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter 
 
 
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to overhaul Chicago’s anemic

Ethics? Moi? Berrios says nepotism rules don't apply to him

July 5, 2012
Chicago Tribune
The Cook County Board of Ethics has confirmed that Assessor Joe Berrios is flouting county ethics rules by employing his relatives.

A loyal Machine Democrat, Moreno was an old school politician

June 29, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter
 


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Preckwinkle criticizes Berrios for hiring relatives

June 28, 2012
Chicago Tribune
By Hal Dardick

 
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday criticized a po

Monitor: Mayor did good job reforming hiring — but not disciplining past violators

June 28, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY DAN MIHALOPOULOS 



Despite praising Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration for reforming

Assessor Joe Berrios says county’s ethics rules don’t apply to him

June 27, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter 

 
 
Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios

County ethics board to Assessor Berrios: Fire your son and sister

June 26, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter 
 


Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios s

Ethics board tells Cook County assessor to fire relatives

June 26, 2012
Chicago Tribune
Associated Press


The Cook County ethics board has ordered the county's assessor to fire two of the three relatives who work in the gove