Waukegan mayor vetoes council effort to hire its own attorney; ‘We can’t just manufacture money’

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Waukegan mayor vetoes council effort to hire its own attorney; ‘We can’t just manufacture money’

Plans by Waukegan City Council members to hire their own law firm to complement work done by the city corporation counsel Elrod Friedman may be derailed by a mayoral veto. Mayor Ann Taylor filed her veto Monday with the City Clerk’s Office of a proposal narrowly approved by the council at its Jan. 21 meeting creating a path for the members to retain their own attorney instead of the corporation counsel. Taylor said there are no funds appropriate…