Chicago aldermen reduce oversight of their campaign fundraising
From the Chicago Tribune
The City Council today voted to give the job of campaign finance oversight of aldermen to a city agency that doesn’t want it, a move that the council’s watchdog said will be viewed as “a cynical ploy” to avoid scrutiny.
Aldermen voted 41-6 to allow the Board of Ethics to review campaign finances of aldermen and other council candidates for violations of city campaign limits, even though the ethics board chairman had urged aldermen to give the authority to Legislative Inspector Faisal Khan.
The move comes less than seven months before the February city elections in which candidates will be trying to raise significant amounts of money.
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