The mayor has made “very real strides' in some areas of ethics reform but has 'backpedaled on others,' one observer said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot shakes hands with Shaad Syed while attending an iftar, a breaking-of-the-fast dinner during Ramadan, at the Muslim Community Center of Chicago, on April 19, 2022.
But those increases were far less than the ethics board wanted and good government experts have pointed to other cases where they said she didn’t go far enough or tried to roll back reforms. Shefor instance. She also delayed the appointment of an inspector general, leaving a critical watchdog position vacant for months.
“She has made some very real strides in important anti-corruption areas like lobbying reform — things we never thought we’d see in Chicago and have become models in jurisdictions around the country. But she’s backpedaled on others.”Madeleine Doubek, executive director of CHANGE Illinois, agreed the city’s reform results under Lightfoot have been mixed.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot leaves following an IBEW Local 1220 strike event outside the WTTW studios in Chicago on March 21, 2022. Asked at the time whether it was a mistake not to seek more far-reaching ethics reforms, Lightfoot said changes need to be done “step by step.” “To me, aldermanic prerogative really means community input. I think when aldermen reflect the wishes of their community, they’re expressing the prerogative of their community. So I don’t think it’s changed that much over time,” Dowell said.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot presides over a special City Council meeting to vote for a new map of the city’s 50 wards on May 16, 2022. “They are attempting to engage community but this too needs a revamp and more transparency,” Butler said. “It’s still feels like a top down approach and we are engaging with the hopes to make it more meaningful and mutually beneficial for community and local government.”As mayor, Lightfoot has maintained a level of secrecy at odds with her campaign pledge to “bring in the light.”
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