Jan Schakowsky, other House Dems, face possible ethics probe

Marathon Pundit ^ | January 29, 2006 | Marathon Pundit

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

My representative in the House is Jan Schakowsky of Evanston, IL, pictured below. Earlier today, Jan was probably at the Democratic Party of Evanston's slatemaking session. But rather pondering just who is the most qualified to gain the local party's endorsement for Cook County Water Reclamation District Commissioner, this Robert Novak column in Sunday's Chicago Sun-Times probably dominated her thoughts.

From that column:

House Republicans, wounded by lobbyist scandals, have called on the House Ethics Committee to investigate more than 10 Democratic members headed by Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Nydia Velazquez of New York.

Schakowsky's husband, consumer advocate Robert Creamer, has been indicted in a check-kiting scheme. (My note: Last summer Creamer pleaded guilty to related charges and is awaiting sentencing.) The Republicans contend that because she signed tax returns with him, that she should be investigated by the ethics committee. Velazquez is accused of violating House ethics guidelines by using her congressional office to endorse Judge Margarita Lopez Torres as Brooklyn Surrogate Court judge.

Moron Schakowsky here from a Marathon Pundit post from last week, Cong. Jan Schakowsky: Pot, kettle, black.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

[DarthVader]

Couldn't happen to a bigger moonbat.

[txroadhawg]

She sure has a nice tan for this time of year, she been sunning in Cuba maybe?

[GianniV]

Oh Lord - i can't stand the thought of her. Typical nutjob liberal from the Evanston area. I live in Oak Park - she'd fit in really nice here as well.

Commie loser.

[Land_of_Lincoln_John]

She sure has a nice tan for this time of year, she been sunning in Cuba maybe?

I wouldn't rule that out as one of her favorite vacation destinations. As for the photo, I found it, via Technorati, on someone's Flickr page; it's dated from Sept. 05, Jan was speaking at the Future of Music conference.