The $50,000 given by the Chicago Latino Public Affairs Committee in June 2023 “exceeded the contribution limits set forth in” Chicago’s city code. Unrelated to the Johnson contribution and refund, the committee is the defendant in a lawsuit the state elections board filed last year seeking nearly $50,000 in penalties for not following the public reporting guidelines required of political committees.
Johnson, like many of his ilk, only responds to pressure. He reluctantly returned money he received from an airport vender and had to be embarrassed into paying his 3K water bill ( if he even did so). Ditto Gates.
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.
Johnson, like many of his ilk, only responds to pressure. He reluctantly returned money he received from an airport vender and had to be embarrassed into paying his 3K water bill ( if he even did so). Ditto Gates.