>> REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS

TURN AGAINST GOVERNOR J.B.

PRITZKER'S MASK MANDATE AND THE

CONVICTION OF ALDERMAN PATRICK

DALEY THOMPSON IN OUR SPOTLIGHT

POLITICS.

HERE WITH THAT AND MORE, AMANDA

VINICKY, HEATHER CHERONE AND

PARIS SCHUTZ.

LET'S START WITH THE POLITICS OF

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER LIFTING

THE INDOOR STATE MASK MANDATE --

THAT IS NOT THE RIGHT ONE.

CHICAGO'S HEALTH COMMISSIONER

HINTING THE CITY'S MASK MANDATE

COULD END WHEN THE STATE DROPS

THE RULE ON FEBRUARY 28

DEPENDING ON THE METRICS.

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND

WE ARE NOT JUST CHOOSING A DATE.

AS I SAID, IF WE ARE THE

DIFFERENCE IS A FEW DAYS TO HELP

NOT HAVE PEOPLE BE CONFUSED AND

STRAIGHTFORWARD MY EXPECTATION

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ALONG

WITH THAT.

NEXT WEEK WHEN WE STAND UP AND

LOOK WHERE THINGS ARE WE WILL BE

ABLE TO GIVE A MORE DEFINITIVE

ANSWER.

>> ARE THE METRICS THE 8 LEVEL

TO DROP THE INDOOR STATE MASK

MANDATE?

>> NO.

CHICAGO TODAY MOVED INTO

SUBSTANTIAL RISK OF

TRANSMISSION.

WHICH IS DOWN FROM HIGH AND THEN

VERY HIGH.

SO THE CITY IS CERTAINLY MAKING

PROGRESS.

BUT Dr. ARWADY AND MAYOR LORI

LIGHTFOOT SAID THE CITY WOULD

HAVE TO HAVE THREE OF THE FOUR

MAIN COVID TRACKING METRICS IN

THE LOW RISK OR LOWER RISK

STATUS AND CHICAGO ONLY HAS ONE

SO WE ARE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

WHETHER THAT MEANS CHICAGO WILL

NOT MOVE TO LIFT THE MASK

MANDATE WHEN THE STATE DOES AS

YOU HEARD FROM Dr. ARWADY

MAYBE, MAYBE NOT WE WILL BE

TRACKING IT.

>> IS THE PRESSURE ON TO MAKE A

POLITICAL DECISION VERSUS A

MEDICAL DECISION?

>> WELL, I THINK YOU CANNOT

SEPARATE THE TWO AT THIS POINT

IN TIME PARTICULARLY WITH WHAT

WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF MASKS

IN SCHOOLS, FIGHTS SOMETIMES

VIOLENCE, SCHOOL BOARD PARENTS

FIGHTING WITH ONE ANOTHER.

CLEARLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT

HAS BECOME POLITICAL.

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES YOU CAN

SAY WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE

SCIENCE AND THIS IS A PANDEMIC

NOBODY KNOWS WE KNOW MORE THAN

WE DID IN 2020.

BUT NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHERE

IT'S GOING TO GO WHAT IT WILL

TURN NEXT.

SOME OF THE SCIENCE IS DIFFICULT

HERE.

THAT'S WHERE I THINK YOU HAVE

YES, PRESSURE ON THE CITY OF

CHICAGO TO LIFT THAT MASK

MANDATE GOING ALONG WITH THE

CITY AND GOING ALONG WITH THE

REST OF THE STATE AND WHAT YOU

HEARD FROM THE DOCTOR SAYING

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE

METRICS BUTS IF IT IS A MATTER

OF A PERCENTAGE POINT OR TWO

THEN GO WITH THE STATE TO NOT

CONFUSE PEOPLE.

>> PARIS, WHEN PEOPLE HEAR THE

MASK MANDATE WILL BE ROLLED BACK

DO PEOPLE START DROPPING THE

MASKS?

IS THE HORSE OUT OF THE BARN?

>> IF CHICAGO I HAVE NOT SEEN

PEOPLE DROP THEIR MASKS INDOORS.

I HAVE NOT SEEN TROUBLE.

IT GOES TO THE FORTITUDE OF

CHICAGOANS.

BUT YOU KNOW, PUBLIC OPINION

POLLING SHOWS A LITTLE OVER A

MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR MASK

MANDATES.

SO I THINK ONCE THE MANDATE GOES

AWAY YOU WILL PROBABLY SEE A

GOOD AMOUNT OF PEOPLE DECIDE TO

WEAR MASKS INDOORS.

SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT READY

TO TAKE OFF THAT MASK.

AND THE C.D.C. SAYS THE COUNTRY

WAS NOT READY TO SHED THE MASKS

YET AND NOW WE SEE THEY ARE

MEETING TO POSSIBLY REVISE THAT.

GOVERNOR PRITZKER AND OTHER BLUE

STATE GOVERNORS ANNOUNCE

DROPPING THE MASK MANDATES WHICH

TO AMANDA'S POINT UNDERSCORES

THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS.

I DO THINK IN THE DEMOCRATIC

PARTY WITH MIDTERMS COMING UP

THEY DON'T WANT THIS QUESTION

OVER MASKS AND MANDATES HANGING

OVER THEIR HEAD AS A POLITICAL

ISSUE AS THE POLITICAL ISSUE IN

THE CAMPAIGNS BECAUSE THOSE GET

MESSY.

>> AND AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE

BROADCAST, BIPARTISAN

LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT PANEL

REJECTS GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S

ATTEMPT TO REINTRODUCE THE MASK

MANDATE IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE

STATE.

TELL US ABOUT THE PANEL AND THE

VOTE?

>> WELL IT IS A PANEL OF 12

LAWMAKERS AND THEIR JOB IS VERY

WONKY BUT IT IS ESSENTIALLY TO

MAKE SURE THAT STATE AGENCIES

ARE ISSUING RULES THAT MAKE

SENSE AND ARE APPROPRIATE.

SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT

GOVERNOR PRITZKER'S OFFICE ASKED

THAT COMMITTEE TO RECOMMITTEE

THE RULE GIVING THE ILLINOIS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH THE

AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THAT MASK

MANDATE IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE

STATE.

AND NINE OF THE 12 LEGISLATORS

BALKED.

THEY SAID LOOK THERE IS AN

OUTSTANDING COURT CASE THAT IS

BEING APPEALED.

WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS RULE

WILL BE UPHELD FOR 24 HOURS, 48

HOURS, MAYBE NOT EVEN THAT.

SO THEY SAID LET'S LET THE COURT

CASE PLAY OUT.

AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK.

BUT THAT JUST CREATED A YOS

BECAUSE THAT MEANT THERE WAS NO

MASK MANDATE FOR SCHOOLS.

SO DOZENS OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

ACROSS THE STATE OVERNIGHT

NOTIFIED PARENTS THAT MASKS

WOULD NO LONGER BE REQUIRED.

SO TODAY MORE STUDENTS WENT TO

SCHOOL WITHOUT WEARING A MASK.

>> WHICH CAN BE SCARY FOR SOME

PARENTS.

NOT EVERYBODY FEELS THE SAME

WAY.

AMANDA HAS PRITZKER LOST MEMBERS

OF HIS PARTY ON THIS?

>> FIRST OF ALL HE SAYS THERE IS

STILL A MASK MANDATE IN PLACE

THAT ANY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS

SHOULD BE ABIDING BY AND THIS

DOES GET WONKY AGAIN.

BUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN

TERMS OF THE PANEL AN EMERGENCY

RULE PUT FORWARD BY THE ILLINOIS

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HE

SAID WAIT I HAVE AN EXECUTIVE

ORDER THAT REMAINS IN EFFECT.

HE WANTS SCHOOL TO ABIDE BY THAT

IT SEEMS FOR MANY DISTRICTS THE

HORSE IS OUT OF THE BARN AND

THERE IS NOT A LEGAL RULING ON

IT.

AND IT'S MURKY AND YES, HE DID

LOSE MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY ON

THIS ONE.

THEY CAN POINT TO THE QUESTIONS

WITH THE TEMPORARY RESTRAINING

ORDER THE APPEAL THAT IS THE

ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS PUT FORWARD

AND SHOULD BE HEARD SOONER THAN

LATER FOR SAYING WE DON'T HAVE

THE ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH

THIS EMERGENCY RULE.

WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT AGAIN

RIGHT NOW.

I WILL ADD, AGAIN, EMERGENCY

RULE WE ARE A COUPLE YEARS INTO

THE PANDEMIC.

SO ONE COULD ASK THE LEGISLATURE

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

WHY HAS THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY NOT

PASSED LAWS TO DEAL WITH THIS?

RATHER THAN RELYING ON THE

EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO TAKE

EMERGENCY ACTION THIS DEEP IN.

>> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

ARE WE WAITING ON SOMEONE ELSE

TO MAKE A DECISION?

>> WHATEVER THE FINAL ARBITER OF

THE MASK MANDATE.

SOME OF THE LAWYERS ON THE RIGHT

WHO FOUGHT THIS SAY THAT JAY CAR

COMMITTEE RULED AND THAT'S T IT

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE

APPELLATE COURT RULES AND

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND KWAME

RAOUL AND OTHER DEMOCRATS SAY NO

IF THE APPELLATE COURT OVERTURNS

THE COURT RULING THEN THAT

GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IS

BACK IN PLAY AND IT'S HIS LEGAL

RIGHT TO ISSUE THAT EXECUTIVE

ORDER.

AND THE MASK MANDATE IS ON.

BUT AS AMANDA SAID, THE CAT IS

OUT THE BAG.

WHATEVER THE DECISION IS YOU

WILL SEE LEGAL CHALLENGES.

NO ONE IS GOING TO AGREE ON THE

FINAL RULING.

THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG AND

NOW THIS IS ON THE BACKS OF

ADMINISTRATORS, PRINCIPALS AND

SCHOOL BOARDS.

THE POINT OF THE STATE-WIDE

SCHOOL MASK MANDATE WAS TO TAKE

THAT RESPONSIBILITY AWAY SO

THERE WOULD NOT BE CONFUSION

ORDEAL WITH SOME OF THE VITRIOL

AND THE CHAOS THAT COMES WITH IT

AND NOW THEY ARE DEALING WITH

THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU PUT THAT

CAT BACK IN THE BAG.

>> AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE HAD A

TON TO DEAL WITH FIGURING OUT

HOW TO EDUCATE STUDENTS THROUGH

A PANDEMIC AND SAFELY.

PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON BECAME

THE 37TH ALDERPERSON SINCE 1969

Y'ALL TO BE CONVICTED OF A

FEDERAL CRIME.

HEATHER REMIND US OF THE COUNTS?

>> WELL HE WAS CONVICTED ON

SEVEN COUNTS, FIVE COUNTS OF

FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS AND TWO

COUNTS LYING TO FEDERAL BANK

REGULATORS HE COULD FACE UP TO

30 YEARS IN PRISON ON EACH OF

THOSE TWO LYING FEDERAL

REGULATORS AND THREE YEARS FOR

THE FALSE TAX RETURNS HE IS

LIKELY TO GET LESS BECAUSE HE

HAS NO CRIMINAL HISTORY AND IT

WAS A WHITE-COLLAR SCRIM CRIME.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT ATTORNEY

ALSO ASK FOR PROBATION.

HE IS FACING SERIOUS JAIL TIME

AND A LITTLE BIT OF BREAKING

NEWS A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, THE

CITY CLERK'S OFFICE POSTED HIS

OFFICIAL RESIGNATION LETTER HE

IS NO LONGER THE 11TH WARD

ALDERMAN.

>> HEATHER CHERONE ON THE CASE

FOR US.

>> PARIS ANOTHER CONVICTED

ALDERMAN'S ATTORNEY ARGUED

BEFORE A JUDGE THAT PRISON TIME

DOES NOT ACT AS A DETERRENT LOTS

OF ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE GONE

TO PRISON AND SO SENDING THEM TO

PRISON IS NOT CURBING POLITICAL

CORRUPTION.

SAD BUT TRUE?

>> AND WHAT IS NOT BEING A

DETERRENT IS THE FACT THAT THE

FEDS IF YOU LOOK AT THE

CORRUPTION CASES THEY BAT NEARLY

A THOUSAND.

YOU DON'T BEAT THE FEDS.

KNOWING IT'S CONFUSING THERE ARE

A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHY PATRICK

DALEY THOMPSON WOULD TAKE THIS

TO TRIAL.

IT LOOKED LIKE A CUT AND DRY

CASE AND THE JURY DID NOT BUY

THEIR DEFENSE AND MOST OF THE

DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WHEN THEY GET

CASES LIKE THIS THEIR FIRST

ADVICE IS LOOK, MY JOB IS NOT TO

MAKE YOU INNOCENT MY JOB IS TO

LIMIT THE DAMAGE AND THEY

USUALLY SUGGEST STRIKING A PLEA

DEAL.

IT'S CURIOUS WHY HE WOULDN'T

STRIKE A PLEA DEAL HE COULD HAVE

PERHAPS AVOIDED PRISON TIME.

NOW HE PAID THE LEGAL FEES AND

HE IS LIKELY GOING TO GET PRISON

TIME.

AND IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS

WASHINGTON FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK

NOW DEFUNCT AND IT'S SUBJECT TO

MASSIVE FEDERAL INVESTIGATIONS

OVER SEPARATE FEDERAL CASES

HERE.

MAYBE PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON

KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BANK.

HE WAS GETTING LOANS WITH LITTLE

EXPECTATION TO PAY THEM OFF.

AND MAYBE HAD INFORMATION.

MAYBE HE DIDN'T.

OR MAYBE IT IS THE PUBLIC

OFFICIALS THINK THEY WILL BE THE

ONE.

CARRIE AUSTIN AND BOIRNLG IS

GOING TO TRIAL BUT HIS CAMPAIGN

FUNDS IS PAYING THE LAWYERS.

PATRICK DALEY THOMPSON HAD A LOT

TO LOSE.

HE HAS A YOUNG FAMILY HE DOESN'T

HAVE THAT KIND OF CAMPAIGN MONEY

TO PAY THE LAWYERS AND NOW

LOOKING AT PRISON.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHY THE

PUBLIC OFFICIALS A CONTINUE TO

ENGAGE IN THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR

AND B DON'T TAKE THE EASIER WAY

OUT.

>> THEY BELIEVE IN THEIR OWN

PRESUMED INNOCENCE ESPECIALLY IF

YOU HAVE $11 BILLION.

>> ACTUAL NUMBER.

>> THAT IS A LARGE NUMBER.

ONCE SOMEONE ON CITY COUNCIL IS

CONVICTED OF A FELONY THEY

THROUGH THEIR SEAT AND MAYOR

LORI LIGHTFOOT IS TRAFFIC --

TASKED WITH APPOINTING A

REPLACEMENT.

WILL SHE APPOINT AN

ASIAN-AMERICAN?

>> WELL, SHE HAS 60 DAYS TO MAKE

THIS DECISION THERE IS NO DOUBT

THAT SHE WILL BE UNDER INTENSE

PRESSURE TO MAKE THIS HER FIRST

APPOINTMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

SOMEBODY WHO CAN REPRESENT A

REDRAWN 11TH WARD WHICH WOULD

UNITE ALL OF CHINATOWN ALONG

WITH PARTS OF MCKINLAY PARK AND

ARCHER SQUARE TO MAKE A WARD

WHICH WILL HAVE A MAJORITY OF

ASIAN VOTERS THE FIRST IN

CHICAGO'S HISTORY.

WHETHER SHE WILL DO THAT I DON'T

KNOW.

BUT SHE WILL BE GETTING A LOT OF

PHONE CALLS AND A LOT OF E-MAILS

AND A LOT OF ADVICE BECAUSE

WHOEVER SHE PICKS WILL HAVE A

LEG UP A HEADSTART ON THE 2023

ELECTIONS WHICH ARE JUST ABOUT A

YEAR AWAY IF YOU CAN BELIEVE

THAT.

>> I DON'T LIKE TO MAKE

PREDICTIONS BUT I'M GOING TO.

YES THERE'S SO MUCH PRESSURE TO

APPOINT AN ASIAN-AMERICAN TO

THAT SEAT.

I WILL GUESS SHE IS GOING TO.

WHO THAT WILL BE I CAN'T SAY.

>> WE HAVE 60 DAYS FOR HER TO

LET US KNOW.

GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER HAS

PARDONED 162 PEOPLE SO FAR THIS

YEAR BUT ONE STANDS OUT IN

PARTICULAR.

A POLITICALLY CONNECTED ARSONIST

WHO HAS BECOME A FIRE CHIEF.

TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS MAN WHO

GOT THE PARDON AND WHY HE GOT IT

AND THE FALLOUT FROM THIS

APPOINTMENT.

>> I EXPECT A LOT OF FALLOUT

THIS IS A NEW STORY THAT REPORTS

ABOUT JARAME SIMMONS, SR., HE IS

A NOW A FIRE CHIEF.

BUT BACK WAY BACK IN THE 90s

HE HAD ACTUALLY BEEN CONVICTED

OF ARSON PLEADED GILLFY IN FACT

TO AN ARSON CHARGE WHICH IS

SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T

NECESSARILY WANT OR EXPECT OUT

OF SOMEBODY WHO IS SUPPOSED TO

BE PROTECTING RESIDENTS FROM

FIRE.

HE WAS SERVING AS A VOLUNTEER

FIREFIGHTER.

HE IS THE SON OF A FORMER MAYOR

OF THE TOWN WHICH HE IS NOW A

FIRE CHIEF THAT IS DUPONT.

SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS, VAGUELY

SOUTH OF ST. LOUIS ON THE

ILLINOIS SIDE.

WHY EXACTLY THE GOVERNOR

PARDONED HIM AND THERE WERE

ALLOWED HIM TO RISE TO THE LOCAL

OFFICE WHICH HE ASPIRED WE DON'T

KNOW.

THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THE

PARDONING PROCESS AND THE PRISON

REVIEW BOARD THAT REMAINS

CONCEALED OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC

PURVIEW.

THE GOVERNOR IS COMING UNDER

WELL FIRE FOR DOING SO GIVEN

THIS MAN'S POLITICAL CONNECTIONS

AND JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT IN

GENERAL DO CRIMINAL JUSTICE

SYSTEM AND AGAIN, THE NOTION OF

HAVING A FIRE CHIEF WHO IN

ADDITION TO ARSON HAS HAD MANY

OTHER STRUGGLES WITH THE LAW.

>> PARIS, THIS COULD BE A

TURNAROUND STORY, THERE IS A LOT

WE DON'T KNOW OR IT COULD BE A

MATTER OF POLITICAL CONNECTIONS

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON

HERE?

>> IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT HE

FELL IN LOVE WITH FIREFIGHTING

AFTER HE WENT THROUGH THAT

SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

BUT CERTAINLY YOU COULD BE THE

SUBJECT OF POLITICAL ATTACK ADS

IF YOU CONSIDER THE FACT THAT

MOST REPUBLICANS LOOKS TO USE

CRIME AS PERHAPS THE NUMBER ONE

THING THEY WANT TO HIT GOVERNOR

J.B. PRITZKER ON THIS MIGHT FIT

IN WITH THAT.

CRIME AND POLITICAL CRONYISM.

IT WOULD SEEM TO HAVE THE

INGREDIENTS.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A STEP

BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHO THIS GUY

REALLY IS AND WHAT IS GOING ON.

>> AND SPEAKING OF REPUBLICANS

RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR RICHARD

IRVIN GOT AN EIGHT-FIGURE

DONATION BY THE STATE'S

WEALTHIEST MAN.

DOES THIS SURPRISE YOU THAT KEN

GRIFFIN IS BACKING RICHARD IRVIN

OR THE WORST KEPT SECRET IN

POLITICS?

>> THE WORST KEPT SECRET IT

WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE SHOCKING IF

HE HAD NOT MADE A MASSIVE

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION TO RICHARD

IRVIN AND IT SETS UP A BATTLE OF

THE BILLIONAIRE VERSUS THE

BILLIONAIRE'S FAVORITE CANDIDATE

AND J.B. PRITZKER SAYS HE IS

WILLING TO SPEND AS MUCH AS IT

TAKES TO WIN A SECOND TERM.

AND KEN GRIFFIN WILL HELP IRVIN

TO GIVE HIM A RUN FOR HIS MONEY

IN THE POTENTIAL GENERAL

ELECTION.

FIRST RICHARD IRVIN HAS TO MAKE

IT THROUGH THE G.O.P. PRIMARY

AND THAT IS NO SMALL TASK.

>> IT'S NOT A LIMITED FIELD.

IT IS QUITE A FEW FOLKS RUNNING

FOR THAT ONE.

DOES IRVIN HAS A TRUMP PROBLEM?

>> HE HAS A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES

DEPENDING IN THE PRIMARY OR THE

GENERAL.

IN THE PRIMARY, IT STILL APPEARS

THAT THE BASE OF THE REPUBLICAN

PARTY IS MOST ACTIVATED IN THE

TRUMP WING AND THAT WOULD HOLD

TRUE IN ILLINOIS.

AND IRVIN MIGHT NOT EXCITE THAT

BASE THE WAY SOME OF THE OTHER

CANDIDATES IF HE GETS THROUGH

THE PRIMARY HE HAS A PROBLEM IN

THAT THE PRITZKER CAMPAIGN WILL

CONNECT HIM TO KEN GRIFFIN HE

WILL BE THE PUPPET OF A

BILLIONAIRE AND CONNECTING THAT

TO BRUCE RAUNER BECAUSE KEN

GRIFFIN WAS A BIG FUNDER AND NO

DOUBT THEY WILL PROBABLY TRY TO

CONNECT HIM TO TRUMP JUST BY

BEING A REPUBLICAN.

IT WILL BE A COMPLICATED

SQUIGGLELY LINE THAT HE WILL

HAVE TO WALK.

>> AND AMANDA, 30 SECONDS

ILLINOIS HAS A NEW LEGISLATIVE

INSPECTOR GENERAL.

HOW LONG DID IT TAKE TO FILL

THIS POSITION?

>> WE HAD KNOWN SINCE JULY THAT

THE LAST INSPECTOR GENERAL WAS

GOING TO LEAVE.

AND STEPPED DOWN AT THE START OF

JANUARY 2022 BUT IT'S BEEN A

LONG RUNNING FIGHT AND WHAT IS

INTERESTING IS DEMOCRATS WENT ON

THEIR OWN TO APPOINT SOMEBODY

THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE BUY IN

FROM BOTH PARTIES AND BYPASSED A

CITIZENS COMMITTEE THAT WAS

SUPPOSED TO GIVE APPROVAL.

ILLINOIS HAS A LEGISLATIVE

INSPECTOR GENERAL SOMEBODY TO

WATCH OVER THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

BUT ANY DECISIONS THAT THIS

INSPECTOR GENERAL MAKES MAY COME

UNDER SCRUTINY BY THE PROCESS

THAT IT TOOK TO GET THE

INSPECTOR GENERAL IN THAT

POSITION.

>> SEVEN MONTHS AND NO INSPECTOR

GENERAL IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO

AND NO SIGNS OF ANY MOVEMENT ON

THAT WHATSOEVER WHICH IS