A Post With Little to Do, but Plenty of Money to Do It
(New York Times) — The vice mayor of Chicago has few responsibilities, but a budget exceeding $100,000 a year. The unpaid position was created in 1976 with one purpose: to convene the City Council to elect an interim mayor if the sitting mayor dies or resigns. That happened once, when Harold Washington died in office in 1987, creating chaos at City Hall.
