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Mayor Brandon Johnson criticizes ethics reform recommended by inspector general

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Mayor Brandon Johnson Thursday ripped a proposal Chicago’s top independent watchdog recommended as a way to prevent him and future mayors from impeding investigations by her office. The mayor’s condemnation of the ordinance came a day after his close ally, Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez, stalled it when it was introduced to the City Council. The legislation matched recommendations Inspector General Deborah Witzburg made in a recent letter to aldermen a…

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Inspector General Deborah Witzburg said the Law Department has selectively slow-walked compliance with inspector general subpoenas. She asked aldermen to change city law to clearly eliminate the department’s discretion over subpoena enforcement. Johnson’s administration marked its clear opposition, saying in a statement, “this ordinance is not an ethics reform ordinance.”

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