Politically connected lawyers overcharging the Village of Oak Lawn hundreds of thousands of dollars.. Where's the BGA (Better Government Association)? No where around, they were too busy chasing Detective Shavedlongcock!

Reporter Phil Kadner: Report by lawyers about lawyer spending - BGA nowhere to be found

This is a tale of lawyers investigating lawyers who spent a lot of tax dollars.

An investigative report by the law firm of Godfrey and Kahn, commissioned by Oak Lawn, would frustrate and anger most suburban residents.

It’s a terrible story, actually, about the awful things that can happen in a local government when elected officials and the people they hire fail the public they’re supposed to serve.

Oak Lawn once had a village attorney and a group of attorneys acting as special counsel. They spent so much money that some village trustees split politically from the mayor and called for an investigation.

The inquiry was conducted by Evergreen Park attorney Burton Odelson, and a lawsuit later led to the village being reimbursed $500,000 by its special counsel.

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