Remember that "Ethics Statement of Interest" that everyone making over a certain amount was required to fill out? You had to declare if you were involved any additional work for the city involving contracts for non-existent sewer cleaning companies or no-show inspector jobs or some other fixed BS. If you didn't fill it out by June sometime, you were going to be charged a $20 fine?
They started pulling people aside after roll call this week to tell them they hadn't filed it - over 1,200 in the Police Department alone, easily 10% of the manpower. It's probably safe to assume similar percentages across the board for other Departments.
Now we're waiting for Rahm's people to come up with some sort of fine for no one taking the required annual Ethics Test on line - the test that doesn't exist even though there's an entire Department of Ethics that's sole purpose is to develop and administer the test once a year. The year is already two-thirds gone, and by Ordinance, every city employee has to take the test yearly, even though the "unethical" people comprise a minuscule percentage of politically related individuals ripping off taxpayers.
The budget will be balanced somehow someway - twenty bucks at time if necessary.
They started pulling people aside after roll call this week to tell them they hadn't filed it - over 1,200 in the Police Department alone, easily 10% of the manpower. It's probably safe to assume similar percentages across the board for other Departments.
Now we're waiting for Rahm's people to come up with some sort of fine for no one taking the required annual Ethics Test on line - the test that doesn't exist even though there's an entire Department of Ethics that's sole purpose is to develop and administer the test once a year. The year is already two-thirds gone, and by Ordinance, every city employee has to take the test yearly, even though the "unethical" people comprise a minuscule percentage of politically related individuals ripping off taxpayers.
The budget will be balanced somehow someway - twenty bucks at time if necessary.