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eter’s Take is a biweekly opinion column. The views expressed are solely the author’s.
Arlington County Board member Christian Dorsey was in the news last year after he accepted, and much later returned, a $10,000 campaign contribution from Metro’s largest labor union.
Dorsey’s original acceptance of this contribution violated Metro’s ethics rules, and led to Dorsey’s resignation from the Metro board.
Near year’s end, a federal bankruptcy trustee made a formal finding that “Dorsey overstated his debt obligations in ‘an act of overt misrepresentation. ” (Dorsey denies overt misrepresentation.)
Last year’s debate over Dorsey’s conduct did nothing to rectify severe weaknesses in Virginia’s and Arlington’s rules defining ethical behavior. Until these rules are strengthened, it’s inevitable that other situations like Dorsey’s will be repeated.
Jan. 12, 2021
Casino mogul and conservative megadonor Sheldon Adelson died Tuesday at the age of 87 after a years-long battle with Hodgkin s lymphoma.
The Boston-born son of working-class Jewish immigrants, Adelson made his fortune from operating casinos around the world and became a major force in both Israeli and U.S. politics.
Sheldon Adelson was the owner of free daily newspaper, Israel Hayom, which, run at a loss, became Israel s most popular newspaper and a major amplifier of right-wing voices.
His death was met with expressions of grief from that political camp. In an English-language tweet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s son Yair said RIP Sheldon Adelson, a great American patriot and a great Zionist. Mr. Adelson detected [sic] his life for fighting for Israel and America, and for conservative values.
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