- July 7, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Chicago Inspector General Joe Ferguson appears on “Chicago Tonight” on Jan. 30, 2019. (WTTW News)
Inspector General Joseph Ferguson will leave his post as the city’s watchdog in October after running into a brick wall of opposition from Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Chicago City Council during the final 18 months of his term in office.
First appointed by former Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2009, Ferguson was reappointed twice by former Mayor Rahm Emanuel and saw his office’s power expand significantly after the 2014 police murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald prompted efforts to reform the Chicago Police Department.
Ferguson frequently butted heads with Emanuel, even as the inspector general extricated Chicago from the long-running legal dispute governing political hiring and firing known as the Shakman Decree.
Ferguson and his office declined an interview request from WTTW News about his looming departure, with his office’s spokesperson…
