At least eight candidates in the Feb. 28 city elections violated Chicago’s Governmental Ethics Ordinance by using city property in their campaign advertisements — but none will have to pay a fine, the Chicago Board of Ethics determined Monday.
The board also unanimously voted to declare that it is prepared to find probable cause that two other candidates violated city ethics rules, and gave those former candidates 10 days to rebut the board’s preliminary findings with evidence.The board determined all of the violations of the city’s Ethics Ordinance during the campaign were minor in nature.
Two other complaints were dismissed. In one case, the apparent violation was committed in a campaign advertisement crafted and paid for by an independent expenditure committee. Those committees are not controlled by the candidates and are not subject to the city’s governmental ethics committee. Chicago Police Department policy prohibits officers from engaging in political activity while “wearing a uniform or any part thereof which would identify the individuals as Chicago Police officer, or use property of the Chicago Police Department.”
The People’s Fabric, an anonymously run blog that focuses on Far Northwest Side politics, reported that a complaint was filed with the ethics board against Ald. Samantha Nugent the same day the board issued the warning. Nugent defeated Denali Dasgupta, a data researcher who had the endorsement of the progressive organization United Working Families.
The People’s Fabric also obtained an advertisement sent out by Anthony “Tony” Ciaravino, a Chicago police officer who ran to represent the 11th Ward, but lost to Ald. Nicole Lee.
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