Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle has talked frequently about changing the culture in government, which has long been tainted by government officials putting friends and family on the payroll.
So when asked about her friend, fellow Democrat and Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios hiring his son and sister, Preckwinkle chose her words carefully.
"I think it's inappropriate," Preckwinkle told reporters Thursday.
"When you're an elected official it's really important that people have confidence in your commitment to competence and good governance, and I think hiring relatives makes people question that," Preckwinkle said later during a taping of WBBM-AM's …
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