The legislative inspector general for the city of Chicago who oversees the ethics of city government officials - including the mayor and alderman - is closing shop today with "more than a few" open investigations into violations by politicians. The city council refused to continue funding the office, after the IG, Faisal Khan, let several aldermen know they were under investigation for corruption.  In truth, Faisal's office was toothless. He reported to the very people he was overseeing, giving him zero independence. But if the city crooks thought that by closing the office the investigations would go away, they would be mitaken. The FBI carted off dozens of boxes of evidence gathered by the IG so that the investigations could continue. Politico: “We received a subpoena of the FBI to take custody of our files and our computers with the understanding [that] we are working with them on a number of investigations,” Khan told POLITICO on...(Read Full Post)