A PAC created by close allies of Mayor Lori Lightfoot entered the political fray Tuesday with an ad attacking Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson. The committee has been funded by contributions from four firms doing business with the city.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot fields questions from the news media on Feb. 7, 2023, after the WTTW News mayoral forum.
The 77 Committee is run by Dave Mellet, a longtime top political adviser to Lightfoot, who said the committee operates independently of any campaign for mayor, as required by law. Companies doing business with the city, as well as the city’s sister agencies, including the Chicago Transit Authority, can only give $1,500 per calendar year to any city official or candidate or to their political committees,Those limits are designed to prevent city contractors and officials from engaging in pay-to-play politics, a significant source of corruption that has dogged Chicago politics for decades, according to Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform for Illinois, a group that...
That represents 94% of the funds collected by The 77 Committee, whose name is a reference to Chicago’s 77 community areas.about the need for all parts of Chicago to receive attention and resources from the city’s government. The CTA Board of Directors in December selected Higginbottom’s East Lake Management Group for a four-year $23.5 million property management contract that is part of the extension of the CTA Red Line south to 130th Street after “a competitive bid process that was open to the public and conducted in accordance with CTA’s Procurement Policy and Procedures,” according to a statement from a CTA spokesperson.The 77 Committee deposited the $50,000 check from ELH Partners on Jan. 31, records show.
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