Monday, December 6, 2010

Ex-waste agency chief moonlighted as garbage consultant - DailyHerald.com

Former Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County Executive Director Brooke Beal
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The 47-year-old Beal who resigned from his $160,000-a-year job in late October after an audit uncovered upward of $400,000 missing from a professional development fund earned at least $75,000 in consulting fees from two suburbs over the past seven years.

board showed poor management of its resources by allowing its top employee to moonlight.

“If he’s out hustling up other business and stuff, there’s no guarantee you’re getting his full attention,” said Kent Redfield, a University of Illinois professor emeritus of politic science specializing in ethics policies. “You’d expect with the kind of money you’re paying, you’d want 100 percent of his time. You don’t want him engaging in activities where it’s not clear what master he’s serving.”

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Ex-waste agency chief moonlighted as garbage consultant - DailyHerald.com

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