Todd Huff, my county councilman (District 3) does not get paid enough.
We know this because he cannot afford to pay for his own entertainment and asks that developers do this for him.
Todd Huff looks to multi-millionaires who do business with Baltimore County to cover his nut.
Why?
You know why: for some politicians like Mr Huff, freebies are what elected office is all about:
- not having to pay for your own sports tickets
- taking gifts from people who do business with the county
- not reporting any of this to the electorate
- not complying with state law, because if he did, Huff might have to buy his own Ravens tickets
When caught in the act by a Baltimore Sun investigation Huff-and-Puff just adds another principle to his quiver of non-principles:
- freebies from multi-millionaires
is OK by me
unless I get caught
Source:
Balto. Co. councilman Huff took football tickets from developer
By Alison Knezevich, The Baltimore Sun
6:29 p.m. EDT, May 8, 2012
alisonk@baltsun.com
From the article:
"Baltimore County Councilman Todd Huff says he accepted football tickets from a developer that were not reported on his annual financial disclosure form."
[. . .]
"Huff, a Lutherville Republican, said this week that he received two Ravens tickets from Merritt Properties in the beginning of the football season, but did not report the tickets because the county's ethics law does not require him to do so."
[. . .]
"When the county revised its laws last year under legislation introduced by Kamenetz, it exempted sports tickets from the list of gifts that officials are not allowed to take. It also did not require officials to report such tickets."
[. . .]
BUT NOW THAT TODD HUFF
HAS BEEN CAUGHT ACCEPTING GIFTS:
"[County Executive] Kamenetz's chief of staff, Don Mohler, said last week that the county plans to update the law soon to comply with state standards."
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