Ethics Board fines Cook County official who ‘flagrantly’ disregarded nepotism ban; she must now fire her cousin as her top aide – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo News
Thomas Szromba, chair of the Ethics Board, wrote in a Thursday decision that Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Tammy Wendt disobeyed two provisions: a ban on hiring relatives such as first cousins, and a requirement to avoid such violations in order to maintain a “fiduciary duty” to the county.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
The story shouldn’t end with a fine – she should lose her position and any pension that may be attached to the job.
The only way to stop this nonsense is to STOP THIS NONSENSE.
A dismissal would go a long way to make the rest of the political crooks start thinking “am I next?”