Lil Aaron Schock is livin' large off of donor contributions

 

From the Chicago Tribune: Campaign accounts fund luxuries for some lawmakers:

And Rep. Aaron Schock’s campaign spent more than $2,600 on cuff links, paid $390 to a seaplane company based in the British Virgin Islands and spent more than $1,500 on concert tickets.

Under federal election laws, the expenditures, disclosed in campaign finance filings to the Federal Election Commission, are legal as long as they served a political or campaign purpose.

But critics say they are examples of how campaign funds can boost lawmakers’ lifestyles and how the line between personal and campaign spending can be blurred.

I haven't read the whole article (it's behind a paywall). No doubt a member of Aaron Schock's paid staff of political operatives will contact me with a statement about how all he needed to spend $2,600 on cuff links, $390 to rent a sea plane in the Brtish Virgin Islands and another $1,500 on concert tickets to get reelected (maybe Aaron took some solace by attending a Taylor Swift concert) Ummm, who WAS the political powerhouse he ran against last time?

And the communication will no doubt call me a hater, too. 

You know why I support blogging? Because Aaron Schock's lackies tried TWICE (that I know of) to get Journal Star reporters fired. In one case, they caused a reporter to get re-assigned.

I'm a blogger. I don't have a boss.