Friday, August 22, 2008

Daley and most aldermen skip furlough days

Clout St:
Mayor Richard Daley and the City Council have forced city workers to take as many as five unpaid days off in the last two years, but the mayor and most aldermen have not shared in the hardship.

Unlike the workers, elected officials are not required to skip paychecks but could do so if they want to show solidarity as the city struggles through its worst budget shortfall in decades.

According to records obtained by the Tribune through the Freedom of Information Act, only 20 of the city’s 50 aldermen have taken furlough days since the beginning of 2007. The mayor took none.

Daley spokeswoman Jacquelyn Heard said Friday that was a mistake the mayor would soon rectify.

“Quite honestly, it was an oversight on the part of staff who forgot to remind him to take days off,” Heard said. “He kept working, as he tends to do.”
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