Rahm Emanuel Fires Entire Chicago Ethics Board

A new day for accountability and ethics in government the mayor says

Mayor Rahm Emanuel today dumped the entire board that oversees enforcement of ethics and campaign finance rules at City Hall, calling it "a new day for ethics and accountability in Chicago."

During the quarter-century it has existed, the ethics board has been criticized as lax on enforcement. The panel hasn't found a single case of wrongdoing by aldermen, even though more than 20 were convicted of felonies in that period.