Inspector General Joe Ferguson joins us on Chicago Tonight at 7:00 pm to talk about his latest audit battle with City Hall. Mayor Rahm Emanuel claims his new grid-based garbage collection system saved Chicago $18 million, but Ferguson, who wants to verify those numbers, says he is being stonewalled and told to reapply for his job. Read the IG's full Grid-Based Garbage Collection Audit report, and watch web extra clips of Emanuel's response below:

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IG-Garbage Grid Audit Report.pdf