Ever since 2005, when Mayor Daley's former patronage chief was convicted of rigging city hiring and promotions to favor political insiders, City Hall has been under the thumb of a court-appointed federal monitor. Daley would love to wriggle out from under that thumb, of course, and as soon as possible. U.S. District Judge Wayne Andersen, who's in charge of this case, is due to retire in August. If Andersen doesn't end the court's oversight of City Hall hiring before then, it will be reassigned...
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