Kane County Reporter

About two weeks from now Illinois' current Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope's resignation takes effect, but State Representative Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) is now questioning why no one has been chosen to fill Pope's shoes. 

Ugaste took to his official Facebook page to express his frustrations about how the state isn't any closer to finding someone to replace Pope, then when she announced she'd be leaving her position nearly five months ago.

"Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope abruptly stepped down from her post while blasting the position as 'essentially a paper tiger,' and citing that the Legislative Inspector General has no real power to effect chance or shine a light on ethics violations. She agreed to stay in the position until December 15th, or until another person is appointed. We are now quickly approaching that deadline, with no replacement in sight," Ugaste wrote in a Nov. 30 Facebook post.

The Office of the Legislative Inspector General in Illinois was created in 2003. According to the Illinois General Assembly, people who suspect that a member of the state legislature is engaging in any form of misconduct can inform the Office of the Legislative Inspector General, which will then carry out an investigation into the allegations. 

Pope, who currently holds the Legislative Inspector General title, announced her resignation in July which would take effect on December 15 unless a new Legislative Inspector General was named sooner. According to WBEZ, her resignation came after of a so-called "etches reform bill" that she believed would not allow her to do her actual job properly. In her resignation later she wrote "this last legislative session demonstrated true ethics reform is not a priority."

It has been more than a year since the infamous indictment of four people involved in a ComEd bribery scheme with then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, Cities 929 reported.