Posted on 12/10/2006 6:07:01 PM PST by george76
it's a Christmas tradition for the boss to give gifts to the workers.
At Chicago's City Hall, the boss--Mayor Richard Daley--also gets a gift.
A memorandum sent out last month on city stationery asks department heads and senior staffers to give a "$35 voluntary donation (no checks please)" toward a gift for the mayor and his wife, Maggie.
The offering will be presented at the Daleys' annual holiday party for staffers to be held Friday at Kendall College.
In past years, employees have given the Daleys gifts such as a saltwater aquarium and a piece of artwork from China. This year's gift will be different.
The practice of giving to the boss is a custom at City Hall, but it's drawing new scrutiny because of federal investigations attacking the culture of back-scratching in Illinois politics.
Last winter at former Gov. George Ryan's corruption trial, many people were surprised to find out that he received thousands of dollars in cash from state employees each year at Christmas.
Meanwhile, federal prosecutors investigating hiring and contracting fraud in Daley's administration have won convictions against dozens, including the mayor's former patronage chief.
Patricia Werhane, a professor of business ethics at DePaul University, said it's not illegal for aides to buy Daley a gift.
But, she said, it raises concerns that staffers might feel they have to chip in to keep their jobs.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
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"voluntary"
Somehow, I doubt a dime of that would ever get to the Mayor anyway.
The schools are churning out morons and they will vote for the worst.
They are idiots, they can't help themselves.
"no checks"
i.e., we don't want any evidence.
As long as this flame is burning, Chicago is not ready for reform.
http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/Building/1332/Eternal_Flame.php
This is new how?
But they're aborting their babies at a higher rate than we, while our people are not only having more babies, we're home schooling at a higher rate.
In other words, help is on the way.
It isn't. I heard that comment about the eternal flame in the reign of Richard Daley I.
I am surprised it is only $35.
$35 cash to keep your job for another year.
cheap insurance ?
I can guarantee you that there is not one single registered republican at city hall.
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