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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Why?
“The public’s right to know should trump grand jury secrecy in cases . . . where high public officials are under scrutiny,” Taylor says. “Why doesn’t Webb want the public to know what kind of statement he took from Daley? There’s a right to know what he told Webb. And there’s a right to know how detailed and probing Webb and his team were in this important public case.”
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This is worthy of comment. Apparently, the Sheriff, you know, the keeper of his jail, feels that he can bypass traditional hiring practices when it comes to merit board appointees. They fired a bunch of people over the past 6 years. Those terminated have sued over their dismissals and the improper makeup of the merit board. After the courts have ruled against Dart, the Sheriff now wants to welch on the courts awards to these wrongfully terminated employees. Its kind of like, "I screwed up, but since i'm the sheriff, and this is my jail, fuck you, I don't have to pay you. Here's what the Tribune reported:
ReplyDeleteHoping to limit the fallout from a recent court ruling that could force Sheriff Tom Dart to shell out millions of dollars in back pay to fired officers, his attorneys have asked a judge to rule that the county has no obligation to reimburse the money.
Dart’s legal team filed the paperwork in Cook County Circuit Court on Wednesday. The move comes after a state Appellate Court ruled the sheriff’s merit board, which is responsible for hiring, firing and promoting officers, was “illegally constituted” from 2011 to 2015. With the state Supreme Court recently declining to hear yet another appeal in the case, the lower court ruling stands. The sheriff is now concerned it could open the door for back-pay claims from more than 250 fired officers; officials estimate it could easily cost the county millions in taxpayer dollars.
Does anyone at the sheriffs dept know the story of Johnny Maher?
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