By Erica Christoffer and Becky Schlikerman *Originally published on ChicagoTalks and The Beachwood Reporter May 19, 2008. The shuffling of papers and the quiet murmur of small talk broke the silence of the nearly empty Chicago City Council chambers as a handful of city staffers filed in for a Traffic Control and Safety Committee meeting … Continue reading »
By Becky Schlikerman and Erica Christoffer *Originally published on ChicagoTalks and The Beachwood Reporter May 19, 2008. More than two-thirds of Chicago’s City Council committees consistently break Illinois law by keeping inadequate records that make it difficult if not impossible for the public to get even the most basic information about how its government works … Continue reading »
