In an article in today’s Sun-Times that includes, in part, reporting on James Joyce’s own investigation into last Friday’s County Building fire, this little bit of information is revealed:
The commander of the downtown fire district, Thomas Donnellan, was off-duty at the time, but defends firefighters for their work. So far, typical.
But then, according to the Sun-Times: "Donnellan is Joyce’s brother-in-law, but Fire Department spokeswoman Molly Sullivan said the relationship would not affect Joyce’s investigation."
His brother-in-law?!!! And Joyce can be impartial about his brother-in-law? Oh, please. This web of cronyism and nepotism is so tangled that no one should believe a word of any investigation, unless the investigators are clearly independent of the Mayor and the County Board.