Chicago Treasurer Conyears-Ervin says she approached bank about questionable loan chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin acknowledged asking BMO Harris about providing a loan to her husband’s landlord, a key allegation contained in a recently released 2020 letter from two former treasurer employees who accused Conyears-Ervin of repeatedly misusing taxpayer resources and abusing the powers of her office. In an interview with WLS-Ch. 7 that aired Thursday, Conyears-Ervin said .
Inspector General seizes computers from Chicago treasurer s office chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Investigators with Chicago’s inspector general seized computers from the treasurer’s City Hall offices last week as part of an investigation into allegations of misconduct against Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, the Tribune has learned. The move by Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s staff comes after the release late last month of a 2020 letter that laid out a series of accusations by two .
Accusations of ethics violations and misconduct could thwart Chicago City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin's bid for U.S. Rep. Danny Davis’ (D-7) congressional seat before she even got started, political analysts said.Campaigning would be like running “with an anvil around her foot,” said Chicago political consultant Delmarie Cobb.“You’re starting out with an issue, a negative issue,” she explained.But “there are certain standards that you have to live up to when you become an elected official,” she said. “I always tell my clients that it’s not whether you did something right or wrong, it’s the perception of the right and wrong.”