Last week, socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant made headlines for her stunning hypocrisy. As Shift reported, Sawant has allegedly structured payments to her campaign staffers in a way that “allows her to avoid payroll taxes, paying them overtime, and offering them insurance.” Making matter worse, the consultants Sawant employs are illegally working without a business license. That means they avoid paying Seattle’s business and occupation tax.
Sawant has yet to issue a public statement or even attempt to explain her hypocrisy. But, she has moved on to more ethics violations.
The Seattle Times reports that Sawant’s fellow city councilmember, Sally Bagshaw, has filed an ethics complaint against her. Bagshaw claims that a “town-hall meeting”—publicized as a rent control meeting—hosted by Sawant at City Hall last week was, in truth, a “political rally designed to inflame emotions and get one council member re-elected.”
Another ethics complaint filed with Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission by an anonymous source makes a similar claim. According to the source, “Sawant violated the city’s ethics code when workers for her re-election campaign set up shop in the lobby of City Hall during the event.”
Of course, Sawant staffer Phillip Locker—the same consultant who is illegally working without a business license—denies any wrongdoing. He cannot, however, deny the fact that “workers with Sawant’s campaign used the tables to solicit signatures for a petition to put Sawant on the ballot and to recruit volunteers” at the “town-hall meeting.”
Locker—who has probably avoided paying Seattle’s B&O tax for quite some time now—said that Sawant’s opponents are “desperate to avoid a clear discussion of (rent control) because they know that she has the majority of Seattle with her.” The “town-hall meeting” was held because “housing in Seattle is becoming increasingly unaffordable — and not for a political purpose.” Presumably, because Sawant’s motives are “pure,” everyone should look the other way when she violated ethics codes for her political gain.
That line of reasoning—one that Sawant has relied on many times in the past—isn’t good enough for Bagshaw. She recently told the Seattle Times,
“City Hall should be a place where ideas and information are shared in a healthy and open way. That was not what happened.
“What happened last Thursday was a political rally designed to inflame emotions and get one council member re-elected and push a one-sided agenda. This is unfair and unjust, and statements made at the rally inside City Hall wronged many good and thoughtful people who quietly live in our city.”
Surprised? I’m not.
Hey Tensor! You need to come to her rescue again. I know you’re out there
He’s out there, alright. He’s just hiding on this one. For one communist to another, she’s under the bus.
Tensor it Sawant, Sawant is Tensor………. T e n s o r is S a w a n t………… I’m going to need an airsick bag.
When will socialist Sawant follow the law?
Following the links back, we see that Shift’s source was Jason Rantz at KIRO radio, who noted,
Now, none of what she’s accused of allegedly doing is illegal — in fact, it’s very standard and necessary.
I’ll just step back now, and let you guys slug this one out amongst yourselves…
It may or may not be “very standard and necessary” but your Tsarina sold herself as being above all that, one with the people, workers of the world, unite!, “the workers should take over Boeing plants and make buses” and on and on. It must suck when you find out your favorite Marxist doesn’t really give two shakes about the Proletariat when she’s spending her own $$$$.
So, do you believe this post, the title of which implies she broke the law, or do you believe the source material this post cites, which clearly and emphatically states she did not break the law? Which do you believe, and why?
I know you bought all her comrade talk hook, line and sinker. You must really feel like a chump when she reveals herself to be just another greedy, money grubbing capitalist pig who’s real interests lie solely with her own bank account.
You didn’t answer my question: “So, do you believe this post, the title of which implies she broke the law, or do you believe the source material this post cites, which clearly and emphatically states she did not break the law? Which do you believe, and why?”
Tar and feather her then run her back to India on a rail where she belongs!
She’s all about her own power. Typical leftist politician … just another hypocrite.
Nasty socialist commie!!! Gives Indian folks a bad name and infers they are stupid on economics, how utterly filthy!!!
Socialist slogan: “All for me, none for thee!”