Brickbat: Double Dip

For the past year, New York City-based political strategy firm Mercury Public Affairs has lobbied Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on economic and labor issues. And beginning in 2024, it has also consulted for his political fund. According to the Chicago Tribune, there are no state or city ethics rules that prohibit a political group from helping an elected official raise money at the same time it is lobbying him.

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[Commenter_XY]

Nah, nothing to see here at all. All is well in this Blue State Paradise, called Chicago.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

[snarky comment deleted]

[Árboles de la Barranca]

I got it anyway.

[Vernon Depner]

Anywhere else in the world, what we call "campaign finance" would be considered corruption.

[markm23]

All campaign finance laws have two goals:

1. Specify how to bribe incumbent politicians legally.

2. Protect incumbents by restricting the means challengers can use to raise funds

[ducksalad]

3. Create opportunities to prosecute political opponents.

[Fist of Etiquette]

I just hope he gets to keep some of the money for himself.

[Longtobefree]

" . . . there are no state or city ethics rules that prohibit a political group from helping an elected official raise money at the same time it is lobbying him."

So not a brickbat, then?
I guess some Mondays are harder than others.

[Mother's Lament]

Obviously. Unions wouldn't be nearly as perfidious otherwise. Like the mayors very own public teachers unions, who take it a step further and are lobbying him for direct (yes, as opposed to indirect) financial gain.

[Social Justice is neither]

Why would anyone expect ethics in Chicago?

[C. S. P. Schofield]

Well, we knew that the clown in Chicago was a dip, so learning that he’s a double dip isn’t much of a surprise.

[Quo Usque Tandem]

And don't forget to "vote early and often" while you're at it, Chicago.