By Benjamin Cox on May 18, 2021 at 3:53pm
State Sen. Jil Tracy speaks in the Blue Room on Monday to reporters about ethics reform.
Illinois Senate Republicans revealed a comprehensive ethics package in a press conference at the Capitol.
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th District State Senator Jil Tracy who is the Senate Minority Leader and also sits as the number 2 chair on the Senate Ethics Committee unveiled an amendment to Senate Bill 1350.
Tracy says it’s time to give the Illinois Judiciary more power to prosecute lawmakers who break the law. She says Illinois residents are tired of having the state identified with corruption. The Illinois Senate is gearing up for a debate over a package of ethics reforms, possibly as early as this week, but it’s one that Republicans say doesn’t go far enough.
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Who do IL lawmakers think they are fooling? They don t really want ethics reforms, they just want to give it lip service to make it look like they want ethics reforms. When the Illinois Legislative Inspector General has to ask permission from the Legislative Ethics Commission to investigate or even issue subpoenas, all she is doing is alerting Commission members that they need to let their buddies know they need to lay low. What a JOKE!!!
The Legislative Inspector General is supposed to be an independent body, but let’s face facts, the position is nothing more than lip service from IL lawmakers. We may as well not even have the position! As much as the Inspector General, Carol Pope, wants to do her job, she is being held back from the very people she is there to investigate when something is reported.
WBGZ Radio 4/15/2021 |
By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
The Illinois Legislative Inspector General asked lawmakers Tuesday for more independence to investigate claims of wrongdoing by legislators.
Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope told a committee Tuesday her office is supposed to be an independent body. But, she said she has to get permission from the Legislative Ethics Commission to investigate and even issue subpoenas. In one instance, she acknowledged former state Sen. Terry Link was on the commission while he was under investigation and even later charged with tax fraud. Pope didn t mention Link by name.
“The problem is that person was getting all of my information and I try to be as vague as I can but they are entitled under the way that this commission operates now to know what the allegations are that I am investigating,” Pope said.
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Apr 13, 2021 5:52 PM
(The Center Square) – The Illinois Legislative Inspector General asked lawmakers Tuesday for more independence to investigate claims of wrongdoing by legislators.
Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope told a committee Tuesday her office is supposed to be an independent body. But, she said she has to get permission from the Legislative Ethics Commission to investigate and even issue subpoenas. In one instance, she acknowledged former state Sen. Terry Link was on the commission while he was under investigation and even later charged with tax fraud. Pope didn t mention Link by name.
“The problem is that person was getting all of my information and I try to be as vague as I can but they are entitled under the way that this commission operates now to know what the allegations are that I am investigating,” Pope said.