I am nominally represented in the Illinois House by Lou Lang. I swear, if he wasn't a lawyer or a politician, he'd be selling smoke-damaged clothing out of the trunk of his car at a flea market. Instead, he fleeces the taxpayers:From the Chicago Sun-Times:
State Rep. Lou Lang cited a "perceived conflict of interest" Tuesday behind his abrupt and surprising decision to end his sponsorship and potential future involvement in gambling-expansion legislation.Oh really?
The Skokie Democrat informed House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) of the decision on Monday, a move that could threaten any efforts to get Senate-passed gambling-expansion legislation out of the House this spring.
Lang's departure came as the Rockford Register Star reported in its Tuesday editions that the northern Illinois city, which the lawmaker specified in his legislation as a site for a new casino, last summer hired the law firm that employs Lang to handle workers compensation matters and to assist in flooding-related litigation against Rockford.
"It was recently brought to my attention that there may be a perceived conflict of interest between the law firm of which I am of counsel and my sponsorship of the gaming bill because a client of the firm has an interest that could be impacted by the passage of the proposed legislation," Lang wrote.
Good gawd, does he think we are that stupid?
Lang is the chairman of the House Gaming Committee and is one of the "top recipients" of contributions from the gambling industry in ILL-inois.
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