An employee of the City of Chicago is alleging that he has been treated unfairly after blowing the whistle about misconduct in the Department of Streets and Sanitation. Bruce Randazzo, claims that the city let employees misuse resources on political campaigning and fundraising. Randazzo says that he has been disciplined multiple times, given less desirable shifts and threatened with termination.
See "Whistle-blower sues, cites retaliation", Matt O'Connor, Chicago Tribune, August 17, 2004