The Steve Fulop/Anthony Cruz bid-rig story takes yet another sad turn

Attributing pretty much all the questionable ethics surrounding his first term to political stunts by his opponents, Mayor Fulop today released info he took a $1000 donation from the company at the center of the bid rig at the heart of the original story. Sure, that bid didn't get pushed through (though there is quite the story still building around the tape of the bid rig for Green Energy Inc.) because the way it was happening came to light, so let's take more money from that company. Terrence T. McDonald, one great reporter, take it away:

The re-election campaign of Mayor Steve Fulop reported receiving a $1,000 donation last month from the managing partner of an energy company that is at the center of allegations of attempted bid rigging by a group of city officials in 2014.

The Fulop campaign, in reports made public today, said it received the contribution from Javier Barrios, managing partner of Good Energy, on Sept. 7. Asked to comment, the Fulop campaign questioned the relevance of the reported donation.

Just more sleaze from the guy who claimed from every mountaintop he'd change the ethics in the office of mayor. He has not. It almost feels like most days Bill Matsikoudis isn't running against Fulop so much as a cult of personality.