Despite the growth in their population, Latinos are underrepresented in important posts in the Chicago, Cook County and Illinois governments, according to an analysis published Monday by the Chicago Sun-Times.
"We're extremely disappointed," Sylvia Puente, executive director of the Chicago-based Latino Policy Forum, told the newspaper.
The analysis found that of the 30 top officials named by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel in his first 14 months in office, just three were Hispanics and five were African Americans.
Municipal departments headed by white appointees manage nearly 80 percent of the city's 2012 operating budget of more than $3 billion, the Sun-Times said. READ MORE
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