Op-ed: A ‘paper tiger’ legislative watchdog isn’t good enough – Chicago Tribune*

David Greising, of the Better Government Association: "Springfield’s LIG is so weak, even when the Chicago IG’s office is so strong, for one chief reason: Lawmakers in Springfield won’t sanction any meaningful independent scrutiny of the way they run state government. They even go so far as to starve it of resources: A paltry budget of just $920,000, compared with (Joe) Ferguson’s $11 million."