Some candidates don't share your standard

Over at The Broken Heart Dave Fagus responded to Craig's post of Don Gordon's response to Fagus' diatribe. I suspect that Dave is an emotional writer who doesn't bother to read what he has written. To wit straight from Fagus' reply:

So it seems Candidate Gordon has ethical standards, and he is willing to use them . . . whenever it is convenient. Lets remember, it was Candidate Gordon himself that decided this would be his standard, and he is solely responsible. I am not applying this to him. He has freely chosen to apply it to himself. Jim Ginderske felt the same way that Candidate Gordon does, and he actually did not take real estate money. Clearly Jim has integrity. (emphasis mine)

Let's do a little parsing shall we? First of all, Gordon has been clear about not taking developer money until after he is elected and I have heard him speak directly to that. Gordon is smart enough to know that he is running against a well financed incumbent. Jim made his stand, and yes he has integrity. But so does Gordon, who never said he'd turn down any and all developers during this election. Jim ran on mostly his own nickel and I have to wonder how much impact that had on the results. Adams got a big boost from the Chamber of Commerce, but too late to help much. Gordon got money, but his campaign finances pale compared to Moore's, and the evidence is clear that Moore was sucking up dollars long before this campaign started.

Dave is busy twisting the facts. Let's see if Gordon lives up to his commitment after he is elected, which would be the appropriate thing to do. We can easily predict what Moore will do.

Then there is this item:

Isn't the point that these people may someday need zoning changes and you don't want their influence to effect your decision? Does that change over time somehow? I think not and neither does anyone else. Some candidates don't share your standard, but since you made it a point on numerous occasions to say it is wrong and that you don't believe it is acceptable, you have no choice but to not accept the real estate money and you should return any money from real estate interests you have. (emphasis mine)

Some candidates don't share your standard Boy does this say it all. As does the money contributed to both candidates per the ever popular D-2s:

Moore - samples from 2004 and 2006
1414 Morse Corp. dba Top Hat Lounge
1414 W. Morse Ave.
Chicago, IL 60626 $250.00
2/12/2004

6565-83 N. Lakewood c/o Hunter Properties
2057 W. Addison
Chicago, IL 60618 $250.00
2/12/2004

6565-83 N. Lakewood c/o Hunter Properties
2057 W. Addison
Chicago, IL 60618 $250.00
2/28/2004

6930 N. Greenview c/o Hunter Properties
2057 W. Addison
Chicago, IL 60618 $250.00
2/12/2004

6930 N. Greenview c/o Hunter Properties
2057 W. Addison
Chicago, IL 60618 $250.00
2/28/2004

Active Equities
2636 N. Lincoln Av
Chicago, IL 60614 $1,500.00
1/16/2004

69 N Lakewood LLC
33 N. LaSalle St
Ste 3200
Chicago, IL 60202 $1,000.00
8/19/2004

Attorney's Title Guaranty Fund Inc.
33 N. Dearborn St.
2nd floor
Chicago, IL 60602 $250.00
8/19/2004

Baker Development Corp.
1156 W. Armitage
Chicago, IL 60614 $500.00
1/8/2004

Bao Joint Venture Buildings
122 W. Pratt Av
Chicago, IL 60626 $250.00
7/29/2004

Baric Properties (Marion Terrace Apartments)
1533 W. Jarvis
Chicago, IL 60626 $250.00
8/19/2004

6000 S. Indiana LLC c/o Don Schein
6000 S. Indiana
Chicago, IL 60637 $300.00
4/6/2006

6823 N Lakewood c/o Lawrence Levy
1243 N. Cleveland #1
Chicago, IL 60610 $1,000.00
3/10/2006

7044 N. Clark St LLC c/o Don Schein
1771 W Greenleaf
Chicago, IL 60626 $200.00
4/6/2006

7301 N. Sheridan LLC
PO Box 6983
Chicago, IL 60680 $1,000.00
3/10/2006

7318 N. Honore LLC
2638 N Halstead
Chicago, IL 60614 $1,000.00
3/10/2006

Ace Developers
2408 N. Kedzie
Chicago, IL 60647 $1,000.00
4/6/2006

Acorn Property Management
1819 W. Grand Ste 200
Chicago, IL 60622 $500.00
3/2/2006

Acosta Kruse & Zemenides LLC
One South Wacker Dr Ste 3980
Chicago, IL 60606 $500.00
3/10/2006


Gordon's - all that I could find from the D-2s and this includes all that are clearly business and developer contributions
Barric Lawndale LLC
1533 w. jarvis
chicago, IL 60626 $200.00
9/29/2006

ill. hotel motel PAC
5a lawrence square
springfield, IL 62704 $300.00
11/17/2006

ill. restauranteurs PAC 200 n. lasalle
suite 880
chicago, IL 60601 $500.00
11/20/2006

richard stromberg &asso. $250.00
10/13/2006

r. c. dannon gallery
1124-26 central
wilmette, IL 60091 $500.00
2/4/2006

Illinois restaurant asso. / Chicago chefs for choice
200 n. lasalle street suite 200
chicago, IL 60601 $1,346.00
2/10/2007

Now, a disclaimer because I have ethics; I don't know if any of Gordon's individual contributions reflect developer interests and Gordon's campaign filed paper D-2s in 2006 that are not detailed electronically. However I seriously doubt all the money reported is from developers. I leave it to crack researcher Hugh to find the data if he can and then post it.

The point is made all the same. Fagus has 1) twisted Gordon's words and 2) is attempting to deflect attention from Moore's contributions, which are many and substantial. Fagus said this:

you have no choice but to not accept the real estate money and you should return any money from real estate interests you have.

Well based on the info above, and without knowing the details in the 2006 D-2s, that would possibly be all of $200 from Barric Lawndale LLC, quite a hefty sum.

Keep in mind Fagus' remark:

Some candidates don't share your standard

I am so glad Gordon doesn't share Moore's.