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City Inspector General Steps Down, Takes Up Senate Run

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Aug 26, 2009 6:20PM

David Hoffman, the city's Inspector General who has tussled with Mayor Daley many times in the past, is stepping down from his position to make a run at the U.S. Senate. The Sun-Times has a list of some of Hoffman's biggest battles with Daley, the most recent being the parking meter deal that Hoffman claims cost the city almost a billion dollars.