City Council Passes Ethics Reform Ordinance
Chicago City Council
“I promised during the campaign to reform city government and change the way we do business at City Hall,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Today’s ethics ordinance will rein in the influence of lobbyists and ensure everyone in City government is working for Chicago’s taxpayers.”
On his first day in office, Mayor Emanuel signed six ethics Executive Orders aimed at increasing transparency and accountability across the City. This ethics ordinance strengthens limits on lobbying activities through:
Searchable Online Registration and Reporting: Creation of a searchable online system for registration and reporting.
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 lobbyists 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 Door: Codifying the post-employment revolving door provisions in Mayor Emanuel’s May 16 Executive Order, which bars employees from lobbying the City after leaving City employment.
This is just the tip of the ice berg...we need so much more in regards to ethics reform, starting with a genuine Inspector General
ReplyDeleteempower the current IG. Give him some staff and a budget and let the dude do his job-including investigating aldermen
ReplyDeleteEthics ordinance from Emmanual? The biggest crook in the city. Isn't this like the pot calling the kettle black?
ReplyDeleteOh I see we need new ethics ordinance because the old ones worked so well.
ReplyDeleteDont even get me started with what Daley and his family walked away with in his back pocket. Now we have Burkes daughter getting a job. This is ridiculous. When someones runs for office why dont we meet the family because they will be on the payroll soon.