With a giant new scandal brewing in Chicago,the ethically challenged Mayor Daley responds.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
Mayor Richard Daley called Thursday's federal bribery charges against city zoning and building workers "appalling" but couldn't immediately say what he'd do to prevent a repeat occurrence.
"It's appalling. How can this take place?" Daley told reporters at a hastily-called news conference at a downtown hotel.
City Inspector General David Hoffman said such corruption is "systemic."
Daley, however, didn't concede that point.
"It’s not everybody, you know that," Daley said.
Later, the mayor added, “You’re talking about a few. You cannot condemn everybody.”
When asked what he's going to do to clean up the departments, Daley said he wishes he "could get it right once and for all. I wish you could.”
Few? As
Crain's Chicago Business reports:
Though the City Hall workers indicted are all low-level non-executives, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman made it clear that the charges may be just the tip of the iceberg, with an unnamed confidential informant giving agents information about bribe activities involving more than 30 people.
Does 30 sound like a "few" to you?
