Watchdog editorials & op-eds
Corruption editorialsThe state of corruption lives onYour valiant lawmakers galloped off to Springfield in January, ousted a disastrous governor and promised to clean up your government. The Sunshine policeWhen the head of the Springfield Park District was charged with driving under the influence after rolling his truck on an Interstate Highway 55... Madigan, Cullerton -- Act"Half-measures will not suffice to repair our State's troubled [governing] infrastructure or our citizens' broken confidence." If not for those wiretaps ...Yes, this is far too outlandish for real life, but work with us for a moment: Campaign exposureWhen advocates of clean government talk about how to clean up the pervasive corruption in Illinois, they start with the state's campaign finance laws&... Busting crooked polsIf you're a local prosecutor and want to go after gangs or drug dealers, state law gives you an arsenal of powerful weapons. Scared of the sunshineToday the Tribune offers the first of a series of recommendations to clean up the corruption and secrecy that has become pervasive in Illinois... Listen up, SpringfieldTen weeks ago, then-Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn appointed the Illinois Reform Commission to do a big job. Clean it up, Mayor ...The script called for leadership—a denunciation of corruption, a promise of reform—but what we got from Mayor Richard Daley is a mealy-... Who's next?Another conviction, and another reason for Chicago citizens to ask Mayor Richard Daley why he hasn't cleaned up his administration. If this isn't contempt ..."[T]he City's recent actions have substantially slowed its movement toward substantial compliance with this Court's Orders." The Revolution of 2010The Chicago Democrats who run this state, this county, this city, were antsy even before reformer Michael Quigley beat their favored candidates... Rumbles of reformYou couldn't pick up a Chicago newspaper last week without encountering one legacy of a chap you may remember. No, fraud isn't 'just politics'"These defendants were key players in a corrupt and far-reaching scheme." State of CorruptionOne governor imprisoned at the gray-bar hotel, another heaved out of office -- and in each case, the corruption of our body politic exposed. |
College Clout editorialsWanted: 'New leadership'The University of Illinois campus community has spoken, and it didn't mince words. In a 98 to 55 vote, members of the faculty-student Senate... U. of I.'s cynical breach of public trustNew evidence has dropped the specter of public corruption into an increasingly infuriating scandal. How about Clout U?University of Illinois President B. Joseph White thinks it's a cheap shot for us to call his school "Rezko U." U. of I., still hiding"I always assume people in public positions will act rationally. I'm often wrong." U. of I. won't come cleanWe were beginning to wonder if Gov. Pat Quinn understood how badly public confidence has been shaken by the University of Illinois'... |
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