Larry Suffredin: Tobacco Lobbyist

This guy has no conscience. Larry Suffredin wants to clean up corruption, you see, by fooling you into electing him as Cook County State's Attorney. He has lobbied for casinos. He is still registered as a lobbyist for the Chicago Bar Association. God help us if this shifty chameleon gets into a position so important as the Cook County State's Attorney. Writes Josh Kilroy on the Daily Kos: The Cook County State's Attorney Office is not just another political office for politicians to use as a career stepping stone to other offices. It is an office with the power to indict and requires a special level of expertise and judgment. Lobbying for cigarette companies and casinos shows exactly the wrong judgment. Where else but in Cook County would anyone ever consider a tobacco lobbyist a progressive? Suffredin is a part of the Joe Moore-David Fagus-David Orr-Jan Schakowsky culture of corruption. They are a club, and they watch each other's backs. Suffredin, who is suddenly loudly against corruption, has ignored fellow traveler Joe Moore's campaign violations for years and said nothing. Where was Suffredin when Cong. Jan Schakowsky's husband, Robert Creamer, was convicted for check kiting? And where was Suffredin when Creamer was hanging around in Joe Moore's office during the time that Creamer was kiting checks? Hmmm? MORE ABOUT LARRY SUFFREDIN: Clout Street - local political coverage - Chicago Tribune - Mr. Suffredin has made A LOT of cash lobbying for special interest like casinos and tobacco The Rogers Park Inconsistent - Chicago, Illinois: DFA Endorses - Yet, the DFA ignores Suffredin's work for the tobacco lobby, among others clients with questionable public health agendas. Third Generation Chicago Native - Suffredin, who has criticized Devine for being soft on public corruption, said, ... career as a lobbyist of casino, tobacco and pharmaceutical interests. Suffredin takes hits in debate -- chicagotribune.com