Former Inspector General Joseph Ferguson during a virtual City Council committee meeting in April. “On the basis of the existing record, I don’t have high confidence” in Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Supt. David Brown’s ability to oversee police reforms, Ferguson told the CloutCast last week.

Chicago’s City Council lacks the resources and wherewithal to be an effective check on Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration, imbuing an “incredible concentration of power” in the mayor’s office, former Inspector General Joseph Ferguson said on The Daily Line’s CloutCast podcast as his city tenure came to a close.

CloutCast: Joe Ferguson on Chicago’s struggle for good government