Legal

A day after the BGA revealed that the former chancellor of City Colleges stood to collect $500,000 for unused sick days accrued over a number of years, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ordered on Friday, Jan. 27, a temporary halt to sick-day compensation at all city-related agencies while officials determine the legality of ending the practice permanently.

Following inquiries by the BGA and NBC5 about parking perks afforded to public-sector employees, which led to this investigation, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel ordered on Tuesday, Feb. 7, that agencies under his control explore further cuts in transportation expenses.

DEC. 12, 2011 — Following revelations by the BGA and FOX Chicago News that on-the-clock employees of Proviso High School Township District 209 may have been helping their boss, school board President Emanuel “Chris” Welch, with “opposition research” in his political campaign for state representative, Welch apologizes and the school district reprimands two workers.

JAN. 12, 2012 — Following a BGA investigation into the questionable, under-the-table sale of municipal equipment by the City of Hobart’s now-former fire chief, auditors find he violated state protocols; the city increases oversight of assets.

JAN. 3, 2012 — Just weeks after the BGA sues the Chicago Police Department in Cook County Circuit Court to obtain documents showing where plainclothes officers were deployed, CPD reverses course and releases the data.

DEC. 12, 2011 — Prompted by revelations from the BGA that two high-ranking Melrose Park village officials had side businesses that did work with Melrose Park’s municipal government, the village board adopts an “ethics ordinance” barring such practices.

SEPT. 28, 2011 — Maywood officials say they’ll stop accepting police chauffeurs after a BGA and FOX Chicago News investigation finds that the mayor and a village trustee are getting rides and protection from police at a time violence is spiraling out of control on the streets and the police department is short-staffed.

NOV. 15, 2011 — After the BGA and CBS2 inquire about a Cook County government official whose job duties include overseeing the work of a company with close ties to his family, the matter is referred to the county’s Board of Ethics for investigation.

OCT. 22, 2011 — Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s chief of staff, Theresa Mintle, announces she won’t take a potentially lucrative public-sector pension after a BGA and Crain’s Chicago Business investigation finds that she had a hand in crafting the pension perk while working at the CTA.