Despite ban on lobbyists' campaign money, Lightfoot took $53K from lobbyist's companies

[brooklynite]

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

More than a decade ago, then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued an executive order that prohibited him and future mayors from taking any campaign money from lobbyists.

This year, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has accepted more than $53,000 in 39 individual campaign contributions from 14 companies owned by Carmen A. Rossi, a registered city lobbyist.

Rossi — who is also a city contractor and restaurateur and nightclub owner and who holds the liquor license for the Lollapalooza music festival — didn’t make any of the contributions to Lightfoot in his own name.

It isn’t clear whether Lightfoot’s taking the contributions from his companies would violate the ban Emanuel imposed on mayors taking political money from lobbyists.

Read more: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/2/23488104/carmen-rossi-lori-lightfoot-rahm-emanuel-steve-berlin-lobbyist-campaign-contribution-ban-ethics

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Not a good lead-in to the 2023 Mayoral Primary.

[SergeStorms]

1. Not good.

Lead by example, and this isn't a good example. 😕

[rrze]

2. she bad

Not surprised at the irony here. She makes me miss Rahm and is saying something. Lori is a really bad mayor. Hated by teacher's union, police, firemen, CHA and every every other union in town. Entire city council is over her attitude and anger. I have no idea who is her base as she's a black lesbian who is hated by both. Chuy Garcia gonna trounce her.

[Igel]

4. Suspect no court will want to say anything more than, "Meh."

Mayor issues executive order.

Later, a mayor ignores the gone mayor's order.

Rahm was Super-Mayor?

Lightfoot has the exact same amount of authority as Rahm did. She issues a two line EO: "All of Rahm's EOs are voided as of this day. The EO _______________ [ fill in the necessary information for this particular Rahmian EO here ] is retroactively voided as of the day and time of my inauguration."

There, all the is are dotted and ts crossed.

[FakeNoose]

3. Future retirement money? Maybe she knows something ...