Apparently means not having to tell the truth:
Another Democrat, Michele Rosenfeld, called on Smith to resign.
“You apologized, but you never came clean about what happened. It’s been lie after lie,” she said.
Smith has said the $1,462 bill at VIP’s Chicago strip club was for a bachelor party where those attending didn’t have enough cash to cover the bill, and he paid for it with the village credit card. Smith has declined to name any of those attending the party.
The Star learned also this week that a $1,300 charge on the village card to Chicago Food and Beverage, on the same night as the supposed bachelor party, was for lap dances at the strip club. Smith said earlier that he could not recall the purpose of the $1,300 charge.
When Rosenfeld asked the mayor Tuesday night what that charge was for, he said, “None of it was paid for with village funds. I said my piece, and I will leave it at that.”
Good reporting by Susan DeMar Lafferty.
For Smith, actually it was paid for by Village funds and then reimbursed. At that point, it’s public record and as a public official, you don’t get off that easy.
And let me say, I don’t blame reporters for this–I assume it’s the editors who decide not to credit other forums, but this has also happened on Rich’s site. When a blog gets something right and that information ultimately comes from the blog, it’s appropriate to cite the writer of the blog at least. Much like if the Tribune had uncovered something, it’s appropriate to cite them. When I write for local newspapers, I do it.
FWIW, Michelle read your blog after I told her about your research on the $1300, and she did the same research.
And then she called out the coward mayor who took a shot at her political affiliation when it wasn’t a political issue, just an ethical issue.