An attorney who has battled political hiring and firing in government claims Cook County Board President Todd Stroger violated political hiring more than 150 times since the start of 2008.
CHICAGO (AP) — An attorney who has battled political hiring and firing in government claims Cook County Board President Todd Stroger violated political hiring more than 150 times since the start of 2008. In a motion filed in U.S. District Court, Michael Shakman says the Stroger administration altered the list of jobs not covered by a ban on hiring and firing based on political considerations. Shakman alleges the Stroger administration has been hiring people and putting them in so-called exempt jobs, even though the positions do not appear on the court list. Stroger spokesman Eugene Mullins says Shakman’s claim is not true. Mullins said that when a position is vacant or someone retires or is fired, Stroger fills those positions. Shakman is asking a judge to stop Stroger from filling the jobs and to fire those improperly hired. Copyright 2010 The Associated Press.
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