Fioretti Wasting Time

Bob, you're wasting time. An indicted-soon-to-be-convicted felon is running circles around you:

• So much for a rookie alderman’s plan to establish terms limits and pay cuts for Chicago Police Board members, force them to explain their disciplinary actions against police officers and penalize board members for poor attendance.

  The reform plan drafted by Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) with an assist from the Chicago Justice Project was stalled today amid opposition from Police Committee Chairman Isaac Carothers (29th).

  Carothers specifically objected to the draconian pay cut and to Fioretti’s plan to force Police Board members who miss three meetings in a calendar year or fail to vote 15 percent of the time to forfeit their seats.

Bob tries to stop Felony Franks from advertising, attempts to stop drug sales by outlawing zip-loc baggies, and now is attempting to hold nine people responsible for their "decisions." Nine people who are not elected, but are directly appointed by the mayor. Let's repeat that:

• Nine people appointed by the mayor

We just want to point out that there is no "layer of protection" or "fall guys" between the mayor and these appointees, a rarity in the Shortshanks administration. These appointees are all answerable to one person and owe their existence to one person. If something scandalous was to occur (or had occurred), then the buck has only one place to stop.

Bob is attacking the problem from the wrong end.