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No sign Rep. Bobby Rush paid rent for South Side office
2013-12-15
[SUNTIMES] For the past dozen years, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., hasn't reported paying any rent for his campaign office, records show, in what experts say could be a violation of federal election law or House ethics rules.

It's one of a series of questionable practices an investigation by the Better Government Association and reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
 Sun-Times found involving Citizens for Rush, the South Side congressman's campaign committee. Rush's campaign also has:

◆ Subsidized the South Side church founded by Rush, who is the congregation's pastor, giving Beloved Community Christian Church more than $196,000 since June 2004.

◆ Paid Rush's wife Carolyn Rush a year-round salary since January 2007 totaling $404,000 as a consultant. That's nearly a quarter of the $1.6 million the congressman's campaign fund has raised in that time.
Jesse Jackson Jr. had a similar arrangement for his lovely wife, who was also a Chicago alder-critter...
The 11-term congressman and former Chicago City Council member said through an aide he "tries to comply with all applicable House ethics, codes of conduct and campaign rules and regulations."
No. Do, or do not. There is no try...
Through his spokeswoman Debra Johnson, Rush answered a few questions about the campaign office in the Lake Meadows strip mall at 3361 S. Martin Luther King Drive by email. Asked about not having reported paying rent -- currently pegged by his landlord at $20,958 a year -- he suggested there's a loophole in the law that allows him to use the storefront for free or at a discounted rent -- though he did not say whether he gets the office rent-free or at a discount.
Can I get the same loophole?
He also said he doesn't think he needs to include the campaign office -- which he has used since he was 2nd Ward alderman and which has his name on the glass and his campaign posters from the 2012 election in the windows -- in his campaign-finance reports because he uses it largely for storage.
Posted by:Fred

#1  For obvious reasons, the 'Separation Of Church And State' does not apply here.

[sarc off]
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-12-15 06:00  

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