Innocent Politico Quits

Of course, "quits" is the euphemism used when you're caught dirty as hell and called out by the Inspector General in the media:

• Mayor Richard Daley's personnel chief resigned Tuesday, less than two weeks after the city's independent inspector general called for his removal.
  
  Homero Tristan, a member of Daley's Cabinet as the top human resources official, was accused of lying to investigators from Inspector General David Hoffman's office, which was looking into City Hall hiring abuses.
  
  Tristan called Hoffman's allegations "grossly erroneous and irresponsible." But Tristan said he could not fight the charges while representing the city in federal proceedings aimed at reforming its scandal-scarred hiring system.

Nice to see Hoffman keeping the pressure up. Shortshanks' blood pressure is staying plenty high lately. Interesting that aldercreature Zalewski seems to be part of the focus of this incident. Does Hoffman have the power to refer cases to the feds like J-Fed is fond of doing?