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Mayor's ethics panel offers tweaks, plans to take bigger steps

May 1, 2012
Chicago Tribune

First round of proposals lays groundwork for far-reaching changes in July, Emanuel says

By Kristen Mack, Chicago Tribune reporter

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's ethics panel Monday recommended that the city require more detailed financial disclosures and tighten a gift ban, even as the group saved some of the heavy lifting for later.
 

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Emanuel ethics task force work not done

April 30, 2012
Chicago Tribune

By Kristen Mack Clout Street

A Mayor Rahm Emanuel-appointed group today recommended a series of changes to the city’s ethic ordinance that would add whistleblower protection, cut the gift ban in half, and forbid taking fees for public speaking appearances.

Absent from the list of 34 proposals was extending the power of the city’s inspector general to investigate aldermen, the Chicago Park District and the Public Buildings Commission. During his campaign for mayor, Emanuel backed the idea of expanding the watchdog office's authority.

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Task Force: Whistleblowers should get more protection

April 30, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times
BY ART GOLAB 

 
Whistleblowers will get more protection and city employees will be required to report corruption under propose

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Emanuel: I’ll get to promised ethics fixes

April 30, 2012
Chicago Sun-Times

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday embraced a proposed overhaul of Chicago’s anemic ethics ordinance, then struggled to explain why he has failed to deliver on a promise to give the city’s corruption-fighting inspector general broader powers and more resources.

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