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Brickbat: The Chicago Way

Charles Oliver | 10.31.2023 4:00 AM

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The Chicago Board of Ethics fined Ald. Jim Gardiner $20,000 for retaliating against a frequent critic. The city Inspector General's office found Gardiner "directed city employees to issue unfounded citations for overgrown weeds and rodents to the home" of the critic.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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