The Chicago Board of Ethics voted unanimously to ask both the Chicago inspector general and the Chicago Public Schools inspector general to probe whether Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s campaign violated the city’s government ethics ordinance.
faculty seeking student volunteers to help her win reelection in return for credit. The discussion that led to the vote by the members of the Chicago Board of Ethics took place in closed session and the board’s action did not name Lightfoot, in keeping with the board’s rules.Lightfoot told reporters on Jan. 12 that the emails, first reported by WTTW News on Jan. 11, were a “well-intentioned” “mistake” approved by her “young” deputy campaign manager, a staffer that Lightfoot has declined to fire.
“The board also advises candidates, and those associated with those candidates, that emails and other forms of solictation may be considered coercive if directed to city employees and, or those employed by sister city agencies,” Conlon said.CPS Inspector General Will Fletcher announced Jan. 12 his office “has opened an investigation into this matter and we are currently gathering information to determine which, if any, policies have been violated.
But that determination could not happen until the board’s meeting scheduled for March because of changes to the city’s ordinance, demanded by Lightfoot, to the way the Board of Ethics investigates elected officials suspected of violating the law. Lightfoot demanded those changes before she endorsed the package, crafted by former Ald. Michele Smith . She defended them as a way to ensure that those who have found themselves in the crosshairs of the Chicago Board of Ethics would ensure “due process” for those facing sanctions.
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