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Chicago's Better Government Association plans to use its $60,000 "News Matters" grant from the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust to scour public records & dispatch citizens to attend government meetings. Shall Windy Citizens join the BGA in its quest to root out graft & corruption?
BGA Arms Citizen Soldiers in Graft & Corruption Fight
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Heck yeah we should. That's what we're here for.
The BGA deployment reminds me of the hard work of reporting on the "crannies & crevices" of government in that era just after Watergate's Washington Post reporters brought down US President Richard M. Nixon. Reporters sat through long government meetings, followed up on news tips & garnered an occasional exclusive.
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