The media just can't wait to toss in that Chicago Police Department connection. But seeing as this is a suburban police chief, we suppose it's actually news:
- The attorney general is suing a nonprofit group run by the police chief of Country Club Hills for nearly $1 million in job training grants — some of which the state says went to rent space at the officer's theater for $12,000 a month.
A nonprofit group run by a south suburban police chief agreed to use a $1.25 million state grant to help minorities learn the building trades while working at the officer's historic Chicago theater.
But now the Illinois attorney general is suing We Are Our Brothers Keeper, saying the charity run by Country Club Hills police Chief Regina Evans used the grant to rent space from her theater for $12,000 a month — violating a conflict-of-interest rule.
Conflict of interest? Aren't there more than a few aldrecreatures who rent office space in investment properties they already own? Don't they hire relatives with astonishing regularity?
Come to think of it, this scam sounds so familiar, it might be interesting to see if the former Lieutenant Evans actually passed any sort of promotional exam and if not, who recommended her for promotion, and whether or not that person is still employed by the CPD? It sure seems the lousy way of doing business in Chicago is spreading to the suburbs.
Come to think of it, this scam sounds so familiar, it might be interesting to see if the former Lieutenant Evans actually passed any sort of promotional exam and if not, who recommended her for promotion, and whether or not that person is still employed by the CPD? It sure seems the lousy way of doing business in Chicago is spreading to the suburbs.