Chicago, a city just as rife, if not more, with corruption among its public officials, is taking a step towards reining in some of the most egregious offenses. Via the Government Innovators Network at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, here is an article about a confidential tip line being set up by which people can anonymously report on incidents of graft, selling of offices and general rule breaking by government officials.
The hotline is run by a the non-profit Chicago Crime Commission so callers don't have to worry about coming outside the next morning and see that their car was towed and their garbage left on the curb - unless they insist on wearing the "I Squealed on Richard Daley" t-shirt that you get for making a call. Maybe some group could set up such a thing here...hmmmm?
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Seventy could set that up, along with Mayor Street finally nominating some condidates for the voter-approved ethics board (the city charter does -- or did, with a deadline that's now past -- require it, after all).
Posted by Dave | October 6, 2006 11:07 AM