ETHICS

 

Shontel Brown achieved her present position in Congress because of party loyalty and not because of merit or ability.

She has nearly $1,000,000 in her campaign account, even as she claimed in the past that she supports “initiatives to get money out of politics” to “reduce the role of money in politics.”  She receives large donations from political action committees.  She also receives “dark” money through a clearinghouse, and does not itemize the names of donors.

Shontel Brown may have used her insider position on Cuyahoga County Council to help steer $17 million in public construction contracts to companies connected to her boyfriend and some who donated money to her campaign.  She previously had pledged to recuse herself if necessary from voting on such a public contract.  Her voting may have been legal.  But at the very least, it had the appearance of impropriety.

Shontel Brown has misrepresented her effectiveness.

     * She takes credit for accomplishments she had little or nothing to do with.

     * She doesn’t do much legislating.

     * Most bills that she brags about “co-sponsoring” never became law.

     * She had virtually nothing to do with writing or advancing legislation.

The Plain Dealer once described her as an “undistinguished member of Cuyahoga County Council who has little to show for her time in office.”  Nothing has changed since.