The ordinance is about as politically rotten and self-serving as it gets a bid by elected officials to use tax dollars and the law to chase away political rivals. This and other shenanigans illustrate how the southern suburbs have been plagued by corruption and bad government for decades.
Chicago has topped pest control company Orkin s list for rattiest city in the country for eight consecutive years. And an investigation has found that the city is ill-prepared to handle the surge of complaints.