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Civil rights, public policy groups back plan to bring transparency into Chicago ward redistricting

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Nov. 2, 2011
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Groups ask City government to go beyond resolution by engaging residents, forgoing politics as usual in 2011 ward remapping

CHICAGO – A coalition of civil rights and public policy organizations supports a plan aimed at giving Chicago residents a chance to monitor the redrawing of the city’s 50 wards, but said the resolution, which will be considered at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, doesn’t go far enough.



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Landfill owner in middle of Blagojevich-Mell feud pleads guilty

July 12, 2011
Chicago Tribune

By Becky Schlikerman Tribune reporter
11:48 a.m. CDT, July 12, 2011

A former Joliet landfill owner who was in the middle of an infamous spat between Rod Blagojevich and his father-in-law, powerful Chicago Ald. Richard Mell, pleaded guilty today to tax evasion.

Frank Schmidt, 40, of Glenview, admitted he tried to evade more than $1.3 million in taxes for 2008 when he failed to report a profit of about $9 million from his sale of Land Reclamation Services, which operated the landfill.

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1 inspector general could be better than 2 -Just give current investigator authority to get the job done

April 13, 2010

BY MARK BROWN Sun-Times Columnist

There are many reasons to be doubtful of the ordinance Chicago aldermen plan to put forward today for a separate inspector general empowered for the first time to investigate the City Council.

The biggest reason may not actually be in the proposed ordinance itself, but in how it's expected to be put into practice.

It seems the aldermen are envisioning the new inspector general as a part-time job.

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