Did you know that Cook County is spending millions in taxpayer dollars to fund three federally-mandated compliance officers to monitor hiring practices in Cook County? And, that despite paying these millions — Cook County has still failed to come into compliance with laws outlawing illegal patronage?

In the video below (yet another classic) Commissioner Bill Beavers provides a shocking (almost) response to Commissioner Tony Peraica’s discussion of the cost of illegal patronage in Cook County: