By Ben Joravsky, includes “For the last few weeks, a fellow named Bill Bergman and I have been in heated competition to see which one of us could get better terrible service from the Emanuel administration, to which we so generously pay our taxes. Think of it as like a summer contest for budget geeks—anything to keep us out of trouble. … Well, it looks like Bergman won our contest. The city released the financial report on July 14—though the transmittal letter's dated June 30. So you'd think they were on time. Slick move, Mr. Mayor. … To his credit, Bergman was very persistent. Not only did he call the city day after day to see if the report was ready, he made three videos and posted them on YouTube. My favorite is the one where Bergman and his colleague—Andrew Goecke—head over to City Hall to warn officials that they're about to be late with the report. …”
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