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George II

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5. Does it matter that he's an "ex-Obama aide"? He hasn't been directly associated with Obama....

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Thu Feb 16, 2017, 06:53 PM

Feb 2017

....for about three years.

This story is more about his position as Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy at Uber. The author (not you) took a cheap shot at associating his activities at Uber with Obama, which is entirely out of line.

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Chicago board fines ex-Obama aide $90K [View all] DonViejo Feb 2017 OP

On behalf of UBER? LisaM Feb 2017 #1

Power corrupts. nt delisen Feb 2017 #2

I'm just impressed to learn that Chicago HAS ethics rules. (n/t) thesquanderer Feb 2017 #3

Pay up David. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #4

Does it matter that he's an "ex-Obama aide"? He hasn't been directly associated with Obama.... George II Feb 2017 #5

Obama angle is relevant since Rahm was his chief of staff nt geek tragedy Feb 2017 #6

True, but he hasn't been directly associated with Obama for even longer than Plouffe. George II Feb 2017 #7

But they were associated in same time period. geek tragedy Feb 2017 #8