{"id":2814,"date":"2015-05-05T12:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2015-05-05T12:31:58","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T17:31:58","slug":"surprise-new-cod-clean-slate-board-directs-funds-to-their-buddies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/surprise-new-cod-clean-slate-board-directs-funds-to-their-buddies\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprise! New CoD “Clean Slate” Board Majority Directs Funds to Their Buddies"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Saturday’s Tribune:<\/p>\n

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Newly elected CoD Board Chair Katharine Hamilton (Photo Credit: Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune)<\/p><\/div>\n

New College of DuPage law firms have ties to new board chairwoman<\/a><\/h2>\n

Moments after a newly elected majority assumed control of the College of DuPage<\/a>\u00a0board of trustees, the bloc hired two law firms with ties to new board Chair Katharine Hamilton \u2014 a decision that has brought accusations of hypocrisy and cronyism against a slate that had promised to reform the embattled school.<\/p>\n

What’s more, the deals appear to have been in the works before the new trustees took office.<\/p>\n

…read more…<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m sure it’s all completely above board. \u00a0After all, we’ve got a (ginned up) crisis to deal with. \u00a0No time for fine points like “transparency” or the Illinois Open Meetings Act<\/a>.<\/p>\n