Skokie board wants independent trustee fined $5,000 for ethics complaints; he alleges corruption
Skokie’s mayor and five members of its village board have filed a motion urging the village’s Ethics Commission to fine the sixth village board member, James Johnson, $5,000 for filing a “frivolous” ethics complaint. Johnson said he is being retaliated against and the village is “perpetuating political corruption.” Johnson has filed four ethics complaints since 2021, and the village’s Ethics ...