L.A. Councilman's Fundraising May Be Legal but Is It Ethical?

Over the last several years, Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian has collected thousands of dollars from lobbyists, who are barred from contributing to city officeholders. He's received tens of thousands more from employee unions and companies with business before the city in excess of the city's contribution caps. Yet it's all been perfectly legal because Krekorian was raising the funds for a state campaign committee, not a city one.