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mowotlarx OP t1_jdyijqg wrote

>Brooklyn Councilwoman Inna Vernikov recently used her government email account to solicit business for a self-defense company she has been involved with, according to a Daily News review of public records.

>The first-term Republican lawmaker’s promotion of the nonprofit company, Legion Alpha, Inc., drew a stern rebuke from Richard Briffault, a former chairman of the city Conflicts of Interest Board, who said her use of a government email to boost the firm ran afoul of local government ethics law.

>“That’s a clear violation of conflict rules,” Briffault said, pointing to a section of the City Charter that he noted prohibits her from using “public resources for a financial gain of a firm with which she is associated.

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AsaKurai t1_jdyswr4 wrote

Based on her Twitter she has no shame

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MaxxDee t1_jdyvya0 wrote

🧐Is it me or she’s kinda hot in this picture😉

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machstang t1_jdzq6mg wrote

Ah a typical Brighton Beach Russian… why are we surprised?

Edit: I should have generalized more. It’s a Brighton beach Soviet mindset.

As a Ukrainian and someone who has spent a considerable amount of time in Brighton I’m speaking from experience.

“How can I take advantage of my situation to benefit myself regardless of ethics and legality”

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InfernalTest t1_je0mw54 wrote

my firm belief is that if you have a first name like "Inna" it means your last name must be legally changed to "Minute"

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NatLawson t1_je1hh4b wrote

Grifters get their start somewhere.

Government service seems like a good place to start.

Next the race track. Then the casino.

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myassholealt t1_je1hqpf wrote

It is so sad that I assumed she was GOP cause the daily news is the publication posted (would've been NY Post if she was a dem), and I was right.

It shouldn't be this predictable.

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CasinoMagic t1_je24mzv wrote

I'll take that over Eric Adams giving all his friends and family members 200k jobs.

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mowotlarx OP t1_je28onn wrote

Replying to CasinoMagic (#2,428,617)

You'd take a City council member bilking her constituents for their money personally - by being hysterical about CriMe and then suggesting they pay for her own companies self-defense classes? Really? You think that's morally better?

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CasinoMagic t1_je29gl5 wrote

Replying to mowotlarx (#2,429,300)

She sent emails.

He gave government jobs (and money) to family members with no qualifications.

And then there's the $850 that de Blasio's wife "misplaced".

If we're talking governmental grift and theft, Vernikov certainly is in good company in NYC.

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mowotlarx OP t1_je29rzw wrote

Replying to CasinoMagic (#2,429,433)

>She sent emails.

She sent solicitations to her constituents from her official Government email to entice them to sign up for paid courses from a company she owns. She is using her government position to privately enrich herself.

Stop whatabouting. Nothing she did is excusable or inconsequential.

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CasinoMagic t1_je2az3f wrote

Replying to mowotlarx (#2,429,495)

Well, in the light of what the current and former mayors did, it is kinda inconsequential. That doesn't make it excusable, though (nor did I say it was), nor legal.

But it's such small fish stuff compared to the bigger scale fraud happening in local politics that it's almost laughable to focus on that.

But then we don't have a ton of local GOP politicians, so we'll take what we can. We did have George Santos, though, that one for sure delivered.

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mowotlarx OP t1_je2r6h2 wrote

Replying to Fig85420 (#2,432,102)

Ah yes, pointing out baseline political corruption is "being triggered."

The way right wing cranks will bend over backwards to excuse political corruption so long as it's on their side. While simultaneously yelling hysterically about Chirlane McCray, as if anyone on the left will disagree that she was a crook. Or that we disagree that Eric Adams is corrupt and practices crony politics.

Also, I have no idea what religion she practices but YOU sure seem triggered by people calling her out.

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