Chicago City Wire

The Better Government Association (BGA) says it has identified what it suspects is another case of lobbying violations linked to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's emails.

Without identifying anyone involved, the BGA posted the accusation on its website on Monday. 

The group noted that its lawsuit from last year has led to the Chicago Board of Ethics mailing letters to 15 companies and individuals that were suspected of improper lobbying.

The one case the board has detailed concerned Uber paying a $92,000 fine following lobbying by former company official David Plouffe. Plouffe, who had worked in the Obama White House, sent emails to Emanuel’s personal account related to Uber implementing a new airport service without first registering as a lobbyist with the city.

The BGA reported that another of the cases was dismissed after the concerned parties showed that they had not lobbied Emanuel. 

The BGA lawsuit against the city accused the mayor of using his personal email account to circumvent government transparency requirements. While the city did not admit wrongdoing, the suit resulted in the release of 3,000 pages of emails from Emanuel’s personal account.