Gilbert Backed Those key to tax Vote
Detroit officials who will decide Gilbert tax break got major campaign contributions.
"Whenever it comes to campaign finances, it's always a risk for elected officials to accept significant money from a developer or any other benefit in any way from the city's contracts," said John Pelissero, senior scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and a professor emeritus of political science at Loyola University Chicago.
"The ethical concern is that these council members all have what appears to be a conflict of interest," Pelissero said. "They have been taking money from the developers in the form of campaign funds and now they are about to award a significant project to those who have been helping to fund their political funds.
John Pelissero, senior scholar, quoted by Detroit Free Press.