Learn how to investigate elected officials!

Workshop On Investigating Elected Officials

Hey, they investigate us, why not return the favor?

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Come to the CivicLab on Tuesday, February 18 for the workshop, “How to Research Elected Officials: The Good, The Bad and The Clearly Corrupt.”

This class is a 90-minute introduction to researching one or more elected officials or political candidates.  Participants will learn:

  • how to organize their research projects
  • where and when to start
  • public records available online
  • how to search newspaper archives
  • URLs for the best sources
  • finding real live people who know what’s what
  • benefits of getting off your duff and looking for yourself
  • how to use what you find
$20. Please register @https://research-elected-officials-2-18.eventbrite.com. We’re at 114 N. Aberdeen Street in the West Loop. The workshop goes from 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
About the instructor: Thomas J. Gradel is a writer, author and researcher and now retired political media consultant. Tom Gradel has worked in Chicago for more than 40 years for politicians, government officials, labor unions and non-governmental organizations.  For 35 of those years Tom was a part-time researcher and media advisor to Dick Simpson, a former Chicago Alderman, political science professor and book author. View those reports here.
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