CHICAGO (AP) — A panel is accepting applications for a new watchdog empowered to investigate Chicago City Council corruption.
The City Council created the position of
legislative inspector general last May in the wake of the most recent federal
corruption conviction of a Chicago alderman.
The aldermen also created an independent panel to
interview candidates and pick finalists for the position. The City Council has
final say.
Candidates have until April 20 to apply through the
City of Chicago's career website.
The panel selecting finalists includes former Cook
County federal hiring monitor Julia Nowicki, attorney David Cerda, retired
judge Warren Wolfson and the Rev. Clay Evans, former pastor of Chicago's
Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church.
A fifth member of the panel, Terry Hillard,
recently stepped down to become interim police superintendent.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
