Who is watching the Cook County Inspector General?

inspector general patrick blanchard talking about transparency and whitewashing

he works for her and presumably takes orders from her

that's a problem

It seems to me that all of Blachard's investigations tend to conclude a  position that is politically favorable to the Preckwinkle / Foxx combine. Consider:

• He neglected to investigate the purchase of land from the family of a Cook County commissioner at a price that some thought was above market.
•  He was all over Joe Berrios and even took him to court over some bs. But once Berrios surrendered his power and turned over the party chairmanship to Preckwinkle, Berrios could do no wrong and the investigations stopped. 
• He even came up with an opinion that Berrios had been victimized by Pritzker when Pritzker somehow got a $132,000 tax refund, thus saving Berrios and his new friend Preckwinkle, from additional scrutiny.
• He also found no wrongdoing when Preckwinkle's SUV was found in a muddy field in Lemont. The fact that it was loaded with Foxx campaign materials was deemed irrelevant. 
• He was called upon by Kim Foxx 5 months ago, to review her handling of the Smollett dismissal and yet to reach any conclusion. 

Maybe these are just coincidences or maybe I'm just too cynical. But I would truly feel better if the Cook County Inspector General appeared to be independent. Maybe a retired FBI agent. Those people are transparent for real. Maybe, he should just send all these investigations over to the DOJ.