Ald. Nicholas Sposato will have a chance to challenge the board’s determination, which could result in fines of up to $5,000 per violation.
, shortly after Sposato retired from the Chicago Fire Department. Elected to the City Council in 2011 to represent the 36th Ward, Sposato was elected to represent the 38th Ward in 2015 and 2019 after the ward boundaries were changed after the 2010 census.
The 5-0 vote by the Chicago Board of Ethics is the first time it has found probable cause that an elected official has violated the rules governing the use of social media by elected officials in Chicago, first issued by the board in January 2019. an elected official who used their professional social media accounts to broadcast a prayer service. That elected official avoided fines or enforcement action after they deleted the offending posts.
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