> Shuter was awarded the contract, which has paid millions of dollars in fees collected from landlords, in a private, noncompetitive process, the Inquirer reports. Her husband, David Shuter, sits on the municipal court and has presided over eviction hearings that have produced work for his wife's office, WHYY reports. Marisa Shuter's father, Alan Silberstein, formerly ran the municipal court system as president judge.

Corruption at worst, nepotism at best.

You also have lobbying legal in this country^TM that is essentially bribing your elected officials, nothing too shocking here (unless they broke the law; I don't think ethics committee would even bother).