Mayor Emanuel’s New Ethics Ordinance
Mayor Rahm Emanuel
“I promised during the campaign to reform city government and change the way we do business at City Hall,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Tomorrow I will introduce an ethics ordinance creating the most comprehensive lobbyist disclosure database in the nation—to rein in the influence of lobbyists and ensure everyone in City government is working for Chicago’s taxpayers.”
Emanuel signed six ethics Executive Orders on his first day in office with the goal of increasing the City’s openness and accountability. This new ordinance will extend those same goals. It will establish real-time lobbying disclosure as well as strengthening the limits on lobbying activities through:
- Searchable Online Registration and Reporting: The ordinance will create a searchable online system for registration and reporting, allowing disclosures to be posted in real-time.
- Gifts: Adding the term “lobbyist” to those potential gift-givers who are limited to $50 per single, non cash gift, and $100 in cumulative gifts per calendar year.
- Loans: Adding lobbyist to the list of persons that City employees, officials or their businesses are prohibited from applying for or receiving loans from.
- Campaign Contributions: Amending semi-annual activity report form to require lobbyists to disclose all campaign contributions to City elected officials and City employees running for office.
- Revolving Doors: Codifying the post-employment revolving door provisions in Emanuel’s May 16 Executive Order, which bars employees from lobbying the City after leaving City employment.
I'm wondering if the Revolving Door piece of the legislation will be expanded and worded to include all employees who have left city of chicago employment in the last year...in other words that would include former Mayor Daley?
ReplyDeleteThis is a bit hypocritical coming from Rahm Emanuel who after working for the Clinton white house went to the private sector and made 16 million in under 2 years only to return to “public service,” get elected to congress, serve as chief of staff , then become Mayor…does he mean he will stop that revolving door, the one that gave him the great wealth and power?
ReplyDeleteMr. Lobby (Rahm) himself is introducing an ethics ordinance? How amusing.
ReplyDeleteHey Rahm, does your ethics ordinance include not screwing those who elected you and worked for nothing on your campaign? Especially the unions
ReplyDeleteWell Rahm, if you can't dazzle them with diamonds then baffle them with bull sh- -
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