Prompted by revelations of excessive spending at Chicago Housing Authority and other agencies, the Regional Transportation Authority has revoked credit card privileges for most employees, officials say.
The move also follows curious expenditures by a high-ranking RTA official, Jody Plahm, whose RTA-issued credit card was used in 2009 to pay $940 for a child’s tuition at Mother McAuley, an all-girls Catholic high school on the Far Southwest Side, according to records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.