July 2010

State panel to look into Metra

From Chicago Tribune.

A legislative committee plans to look into "accountability and openness" at Metra  in response to disclosures of abuse of authority and inadequate oversight at the commuter rail agency, a state legislator said Monday.

State Sen. Susan Garrett said she is troubled that Metra has not named a permanent inspector general to act as an internal watchdog and is dissatisfied with Metra's effort to have an outside auditor review the agency's finances and past spending.

"It's my belief we need to shed some light on what's been happening at Metra over the last three decades," said Garrett, D-Lake Forest. The Senate committee on state government will meet July 28.

Metra has hired a firm headed by former Chicago police Superintendent Terry Hillard and Arnette Heintze, former Secret Service special agent, as interim inspector general and contracted with the accounting firm Blackman-Kallick to begin a forensic audit, Chairwoman Carole Doris told Garrett in a letter.

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