Wednesday, August 20, 2008
News / Clout City Charge it to my account, part 2
Posted by Mick Dumke on 08.20.08 at 03:29 PM
Some people read my last post and essentially said, WTF? Why not share the expense account info for all 50 aldermen?
OK, fair enough. Here's the full list of every expense submitted by each aldermanic office in 2007. You'll notice that not all of the information is self-explanatory--some items aren't labeled fully or at all, while others are listed as "miscellaneous," with more detailed information only available in the form of paper receipts. (Channel 32 has done some great digging to find out more.)
But in lots of instances--most?--it's clear where the money was spent but not why.
** UPDATE: Please note that for wards 2, 3, 7, 15, 16, 20, 24, 32, and 42, the first six months of expenses were incurred by the previous aldermen, not those first elected last year.
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It'd be nice if this chart/story took into account things like: shortfalls left from the last Aldermen, reimbursements that are totally bogus vs. reimbursements that make sense, paying to have and run an office and staff. I know you can't itemize everything and maybe a lot of info isn't available, but looking at some of these numbers would make me really confused/upset if I didn't actually know what background info.
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