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6 Section 2 Chicago Tribune. Thursday, January 17, 1985 City report Citysuburbs City's shaky ethics proposal not unique 300 meet to keep Cubs park in dark ABOUT 300 PEOPLE cheered Wednesday night as a community group outlined plans to prevent the installation of lights in Wrigley Field. "Greed has blurred the vision of the Tribune which owns the Chicago Cubs, said Nancy. Kaszak, chairwoman of Citizens United for Baseball in the Sunshine CUBS. Kaszak, an attorney, told a rally in Gill Park, 825 W.

Sheridan that Tribune Co. "does not see the strength that lies in people joining hands to protect their lives, their homes and their community." At the rally, members of CUBS, a committee of the Lakeview Citizens Council, sought volunteers and money to help keep lights out of the ballpark, at Clark and Addison Streets. The group contends that night baseball games will increase parking congestion, late-night noise and vandalism in the neighborhood. CHARLOTTE NEWFELD, coordinator or community activities for the group, said volunteers will be asked to hold block meetings to inform residents of the problems night games cause. Newfeld also said CUBS members will pass out literature and buttons reading "No Lights!" on the North Side and in front of Tribune Tower, 435 N.

Michigan where Tribune Co. is based. Besides the Cubs, Tribune Co. owns The Chicago Tribune and other media properties. Lawyers for the Cubs sued last month to overturn city and state laws banning night baseball in Wrigley Field.

The CUBS organization has intervened in the suit. The team's lawyers asked Circuit Court Judge Richard Curry Wednesday to rule based on legal arguments only. They said that no facts are in dispute, leaving only legal issues. The law firm of Aid. Edward Burke 14th might not have been able to serve as a property tax consultant to American Airlines while a bond issue to finance airline expansion at O'Hare International Airport was before the city council.

MOREOVER, a $1,500 ceiling on campaign contributions from city contractors and businesses seeking city licenses or other kinds of approval probably would change the way campaigns are conducted here. Businesses seeking or holding public contracts have been known to contribute up to $15,000 to a political campaign. But interviews with urban analysts and a survey of other major cities show that the Chicago proposal is hardly radical. For example, about half of the states place limits on the size of campaign contributions, according to Page Bigelow, a spokesman for the Citizens ForumNa-tional Municipal League, based in New York. And, in some major cities, city or state laws would have prevented the kinds of controversies that have recently made headlines in Chicago: In Boston, city officials cannot put relatives on the payroll, according to Karen Schwartzman, director of public education for the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission.

City officials must excuse themselves from deciding on issues that might financially benefit themselves or members of their families. There is a $1,000 limit on political contributions by any person, group or business, but no laws restrict specific contributions from city contractors. New Vork City has no guidelines that specifically forbid nepotism in city hiring. However, civil service regulations make it difficult for politicians to put relatives on the payroll. Office workers are selected from a civil service list.

Candidates for top government positions must go through a stringent background check that includes a review of qualifications. A department head or alderman could put a cousin, for example, on the payroll, "but that cousin better meet the qualifications of that position," said Magda Gan-dasequi of the city's Personnel Department. San Francisco has no laws forbidding nepotism. However, tight civil service guidelines make it nearly impossible for top officials to hire their relatives, according to Thomas Toomey, chief deputy city attorney. Supervisors-San Francisco's version of aldermen and department heads select office workers from a list submitted by civil service.

The city's disclosure laws are among the toughest in the nation. City officials, including supervisors, must disclose all sources of income over $50. If a city official has a financial interest in a business venture, whether as a partner or representative, he cannot make decisions that affect the venture, Toomey said. Under California law, campaign contributions are limited to $1,000. Reform-minded Seattle has had its own controversies over nepotism in government.

For a time, the mayor employed his brother as a top adviser. "It raised some eyebrows," said Alan Miller, of the city's Office of Ethics Administration. Top-level appointments are not covered by city civil service laws. But secretarial workers and lower-ranking employees are selected from a civil service list. Seattle has stringent regulations governing campaign contributions and disclosure of financial information, Miller said.

Campaign contributions are limited to $350 yearly. By Dean Baquet IN THE 1970s, as the Watergate scandals made headlines, big cities across the country imposed higher ethical standards on local politicians. Seattle limited campaign contributions to $350. San Francisco established a $1,000 ceiling. Other cities passed stringent laws forcing officials to disclose major sources of income.

Today, Chicago aldermen, not known for taking the lead in political reform, are considering an ordinance that would bring the city's ethics standards in line with those of many other major cities. The proposed ordinance, developed by a committee appointed by Mayor Harold Washington, would restrict campaign contributions from city contractors, require top city officials to disclose details of their personal finances and make it harder to put relatives on the payroll. It also would prohibit city officials from acting as paid consultants or lawyers for private groups negotiating with the city. WITH DEMOCRATIC Party regulars retaining firm control of the Chicago City Council, the chances that the measure will survive are dim for at least the immediate future, according to an alderman. "I don't know if I'd use the word said Aid.

Martin Oberman 43d, who has unsuccessfully pushed similar reform measures in the past. "But if there's no public pressure, I'm sure enough aldermen would be in favor of burying it." The 34-page proposal would outlaw some of the practices that have created controversies in Chicago recently. For example, if such an ordinance had been in effect last year, Aid. Patrick J. O'Connor 40th would have had to go before a city review board before putting relatives on the city payroll.

Cocaine dealer faces new charges A CONVICTED drug dealer facing a 10-year sentence for supplying cocaine to police in 1982 was ordered held without bond Wednesday after he was arrested in a South Shore apartment in which 5 ounces of cocaine and 5 handguns reportedly were found. Norman Lee, 36, was arrested Saturday in his apartment, at 6948 S. South Shore along with Yvonne Schennault, 53, of 2334 E. 80th St. Police said they were using the apartment to distribute cocaine and were heavily armed.

More than $20,000 in cash also was confiscated, fiolice said. Schennault was re-eased on bond Saturday. Before Saturday's arrest, Lee had been free on a $100,000 bond while appealing his 1984 conviction for selling cocaine to police, who sold the drugs to friends. Twelve officers and 4 others arrested in 1982 were convicted of charges involving the sale of drugs. Southeast Siders back waste ban A GROUP OF Southeast Side residents urged Mayor Harold Washington and the City Council Wednesday to reject efforts to build waste disposal sites in the area or expand existing ones when a city moratorium on landfill construction expires Feb.

1. Leaders of the People for Community Recovery, an Altgeld Gardens area community organization, said studies by their group and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency show that present and proposed landfill projects concentrated on the Southeast-Side pose serious health hazards. The key target of the group's protest is a proposal by Waste Management -Inc. for a 289-acre landfill project at 116th Street and Torre nee Avenue. Elderly man's $80,000 in dispute A CIRCUIT COURT Judge issued a temporary restraining order Wednesday barring Pioneer Bank and Trust Co.

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