Editorial: Ending Shakman scrutiny of county clerk would be a mistake 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.
In 1969, attorney Michael Shakman, then 27, went to court to tear down Chicago’s patronage system, a bulwark of Democratic machine politics that long poisoned city and state governance. The result was a series of court-ordered reforms known as the Shakman decrees that banned political considerations in hiring and firing in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois government. More than five decades .
Court ends oversight of hiring in Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough 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.
In a historic decision, a federal judge Thursday ended the half-century-old anti-patronage case launched to fight the stubborn and unfair use of politics to decide most hiring, firing, and promotion in state and local government. Judge Edmond Chang’s move came as he granted the request of Democratic Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough to eliminate federal oversight of her office even though .