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The blistering four-page letter, written in December 2020 by the attorney for two employees City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin fired, alleges she used government workers to plan her daughter’s birthday party, act as her personal bodyguard, and hold events benefiting political allies. It further alleges that the treasurer tried to force BMO Harris — one of the banks where city money is deposited — to issue a mortgage tied to the building that houses the aldermanic office for Conyears-Ervin’s husband, Ald. Jason Ervin.
Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Let’s see how aggressively the Cook County State’s Attorney, the State’s Attorney General, or even the Biden Democrat US Attorney pursue this. Anyone want to make a bet on this?
This lady is doing such a great job she is running for State Representative to the United States House of Representatives. Another great choice to possibly run the country brought to the people of the United States from the voters of Chicago Illinois
https://ballotpedia.org/Melissa_Conyears-Ervin
She’s gotta push herself away from the trough….
Or she could get JB for a squeeze and look thinner….
Democrat Chicago treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin is accused of forcing taxpayer-funded staff to plan her daughter’s BIRTHDAY and act as her personal bodyguard | Daily Mail Online
Nothing wrong with that. This is done every day by lots of government “Workers”.
Stanard Operating Procedure. Why should they serve the public?