a review by the Chicago Sun-Times and the Better Government Association of 36 Chicago area governments that collectively spent more than $7.3 million last year on lobbyists found that:
• The governments' lobbying contracts often go to former elected officials.
• Many of the governmental bodies… have increased spending on lobbyists … in the face of the recession.
• Many of the government-hired lobbyists don't even file reports to show what they've done for the taxpayers. And they're not required to.
Click on the following for more details: The hired guns of Illinois' governmental bodies :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The Watchdogs
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