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Article: Braun Ignores Her Own Ethics Code
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 7, 1992
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In her first year as Cook County recorder of deeds, Carol Moseley
Braun announced a new ethics code.
Former U.S. Attorney Thomas Sullivan headed a panel for Braun
that drew up an ethics code that was designed to remove politics from
the recorder's office, which had long been dominated by the Cook
County Democratic organization.
Under Braun's ethics code, she said employees would be
ineligible to run for partisan offices without taking an unpaid leave
of absence. The code said no employee would be hired because of
political activity.
In the County Building, Braun's code was viewed as a radical
departure from Machine politics. "Politicians should be held to a
high standard, purer than ...