A Tale of Two Maherns
It was the best of Maherns. It was the worst of Maherns. Okay, that’s probably a bit much.
You probably read my blog yesterday about City-County Councilor Dane Mahern reportedly going to abstain from a vote on a stricter smoking ban because his father Ed Mahern is a lobbyist for the tobacco companies and is throwing him a fundraiser. Proponents of the smoking ban argue Dane shouldn’t vote on the ban because “big tobacco” is tied to his fundraising.
I am wondering out loud if they anti-smoking crowd will ask the other Mahern, Brian, to do the same thing and abstain since he has also taken money one could argue that has ties to big tobacco as well. Ed Mahern has donated about $2,000 to Brian’s political campaign, according to campaign finance records. And since one Mahern is abstaining from voting because of “big tobacco” shouldn’t the other follow suit. Please note, my sources tell me Brian Mahern has no intention of abstaining.
Feel free to put that in your hookah pipe and smoke it.
