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If this were a normal state with reasonable expectations and standards for the ethical conduct of public officials, the first reaction to the news of state Rep. Luis Arroyo’s arrest might have been:
What do you mean the state legislator was acting as a lobbyist on the side? How could that be legal?
Unfortunately, in Illinois, it IS legal for an elected official to be a paid lobbyist, as long as they aren’t lobbying the same branch of government they were elected to represent.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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It’s not only Illinois. Dick Durbin’s wife is a paid lobbyist and he doesn’t even bother to recuse himself from votes benefiting her clients. Just because something seems irrational doesn’t mean it isn’t OK in Illinois. In some states the Speaker of the House wouldn’t even be allowed to broker property tax reductions. Can you imagine that?
Tom Berry
Has Durbin done anything positive for this state?
He regularly hates on and slanders Trump on behalf of the state’s voters. Isn’t that enough?