CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney who has battled political hiring and firing in government claims Cook County Board President Todd Stroger violated political hiring more than 150 times since the start of 2008.
In a motion filed in U.S. District Court, Michael Shakman says the Stroger administration altered the list of jobs not covered by a ban on hiring and firing based on political considerations.
Shakman alleges the Stroger administration has been hiring people and putting them in so-called exempt jobs, even though the positions do not appear on the court list.
Stroger spokesman Eugene Mullins says Shakman's claim is not true. Mullins said that when a position is vacant or someone retires or is fired, Stroger fills those positions.
Shakman is asking a judge to stop Stroger from filling the jobs and to fire those improperly hired.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
In a motion filed in U.S. District Court, Michael Shakman says the Stroger administration altered the list of jobs not covered by a ban on hiring and firing based on political considerations.
Shakman alleges the Stroger administration has been hiring people and putting them in so-called exempt jobs, even though the positions do not appear on the court list.
Stroger spokesman Eugene Mullins says Shakman's claim is not true. Mullins said that when a position is vacant or someone retires or is fired, Stroger fills those positions.
Shakman is asking a judge to stop Stroger from filling the jobs and to fire those improperly hired.
Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
