This Trashcan Sponsored By Former Council Member Michael E. McMahon Using A Strange System Of Discretionary Spending That For All Intents And Purposes Looks Like A Huge Slush Fund
In case you were somehow unclear about why these guys put their names on garbage cans:
Former Councilman Michael McMahon (D-SI) spent $24,000 in city funds on 46 bright green bins bearing his name in July 2008, while he was a member of the council and a front-runner to fill an open seat in Congress.
But after he won the congressional election that November, the then-outgoing city lawmaker had the Sanitation Department revise labels on the baskets to read, “Sponsored By Former Council Member Michael E. McMahon.”
See also: Unanswered Questions: City Council’s Phantom Funds (Gotham Gazette, April 14, 2008).
Posted: January 25th, 2010 | Filed under: Follow The Money, Things That Make You Go "Oy"