- Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday dumped Chicago’s entire Board of Ethics to prepare for the new role envisioned by his Ethics Reform Task Force: as powerful judge and jury punishing violators of the city’s ethics ordinance.“I wanted to start with a new energy and a new commitment by a totally new board — all of ’em with the type of professionalism and commitment to raising the ethical standards, conduct and oversight in city government,” Emanuel said.“With these reforms ... residents have a clear view of what they pay for, and elected officials have a clear view of who they work for,” he said.The mayoral house-cleaning would replace all seven members of a Board of Ethics famous for never having taken action against a Chicago alderman during an era when dozens went to jail on federal corruption charges.
Funny, we don't recall him being so "ethical" when he was pulling in his $11-million-plus payday doing little to no work for a connected power company scheduling meetings and such. But people can change, right?