CHICAGO LEGISLATIVE INSPECTOR FAISAL KHAN

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THE CHICAGO GOSSIP

Kathy Posner Found Faisal Khan But Can You?

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Disgruntled Kathy Posner

I have been writing about Chicago Legislative Inspector General Faisal Khan since his office was created last year. In April I decided to try contacting Mr. Khan and could not find him anywhere. No City of Chicago resource that I called or contacted had any idea who he was. I wrote about it on April 4th in a blog called, “What Happened to Chicago’s Legislative Inspector General?”

Mr. Khan read my blog and contacted me. I was very impressed with his credentials and have great hopes that he will do a fantastic job in fulfilling his mission.

The picture on this blog is a copy of a sign a friend recently gave me telling me that she had heard it was supposed to be posted in all Aldermanic offices. My first thought was I wonder if anyone posted the sign and my second thought was does the City of Chicago now know who Faisal Khan is?

I called 311, the city information line looking for an answer. First I had to listen to a long list of choices and press a number if I wanted special events info press 6, for Chicago Parks press 7 etc. I had to listen to recordings for 1:52 before I was told to hold for the next available agent. When an operator finally came on I asked for the number of Faisal Khan, the Legislative Inspector General. I even told her that I did not want Joe Ferguson, the City's Inspector General. The woman told me she only had one number for an Inspector General. It was 773-478-2127.I called it and it was Joe Ferguson's office. The total time from start to finish was 3 minutes and 20 seconds. Why doesn’t the city want citizens to know how to report any questionable activity they see in an Alderman’s office? They still say Khan does not exist.

I know he exists and I know he is trying to do his job whether the city is helping him or not. That is why I invited him to speak at CAPAG (Chicago Area Public Affairs Group) on July 20th at the Union league Club. This will be Khan’s first time speaking in public in Chicago about how he got the job, how he is accomplishing the task of creating the first Office of the Legislative Inspector General for the city of Chicago and what his vision for the office is.

The luncheon is open to the public. Anyone can sign up at www.capag.org. Please come because I think it will be quite interesting! 


Editors Note: Faisal Khan's number is 312-744-2312 to report some good old fashioned corruption. Tell him Kathy Posner sent you.