This morning's news discussed a study that found Chicago to be the most corrupt city in the United States. Even though we hear on and off about our city's corruption, I didn't realize we were worse then other large cities like New York City. This study was performed by former Chicago alderman, Dick Simpson. He estimates the cost of Chicago's corruption to be around $500 million. This "cost" covers bribes, theft, police brutality along with many other illegal ploys.
The study brought up other world cities that had previously been very corrupt, like Hong Kong and Sydney, and stated that through a lot of hard work, they are now considered to be "clean" cities. It was suggested that Chicago could do the same with the support of its citizens and many years of hard work. Is there a possibility Chicago could be corruption-free in the future? Could we ever be considered "clean" like Hong Kong and Sydney?
sure hope so!
ReplyDeletesweet, now when I'm somewhere else, I can tell people that I'm from the most corrupt city in the nation.
ouch.