Arroyo says he didn’t attempt to repair pal’s ticket, questions

Cook County Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr. now says he didn’t ask to dismiss a pal’s parking ticket when he received concerned in a scenario documented in a Cook County Inspector General report. The “accusation” that he did, which was leveled in opposition to him within the report launched final week by Inspector General Patrick Blanchard, now makes Arroyo and different commissioners involved about Blanchard’s “fitness for this position,” Arroyo mentioned in an announcement launched Monday. “I requested that the situation surrounding the issuing of the parking ticket be investigated because I believe this ticket was issued as a result of racial bias and discrimination,” Arroyo mentioned. Blanchard mentioned he had no touch upon the assertion.