FISCAL FOG LINGERS OVER COUNTRY CLUB HILLS
By Nancy Mathieson and Mark Glennon / WirePoints Illinois News -
Country Club Hills, a suburb of Chicago, seems intent on making itself the poster child for poor financial reporting. A reader recently alerted us to its plight, which indeed looks bad, but just how bad is hidden by the shoddiest municipal financial reporting we have seen.
The city appears to be living day-to-day, short of cash, because its City Council minutes from last month say it’s issuing payment vouchers, just as it did last year at this time. That sets off an alarm, but if you look for data similar to what other towns and cities report, in hopes of getting an explanation and clearer picture, you won’t find it.
It’s an old story for Country Club Hills. In 2011, the Better