* From the Sun-Times write up on yesterday’s editorial board debate with the comptroller candidates…

Mendoza’s campaign has also sought to highlight that Munger has listed Elizabeth Brandt, mayor of Lincolnshire as her campaign chairwoman. Of importance is that Lincolnshire in December adopted right-to-work rules, passing a controversial labor ordinance that gives union-covered employees the option of whether or not to pay dues.

But Munger on Thursday denied Brandt’s involvement in her campaign, calling it an “error” that she did not remove her from paperwork filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Brandt’s name is still listed on her paperwork for her comptroller campaign.

* That’s not all the comptroller said. Munger claimed that she didn’t really get her comptroller campaign off the ground until this year. “I did not update my paperwork,” she said.

Um, if you check Comptroller Munger’s page at the State Board of Elections, you’ll see Munger filed an amendment to her official Statement of Organization on August 11th of this year to change her campaign treasurer from Cary McMillan to Melissa A Labrash.

So, she could’ve easily replaced the controversial Brandt on August 11th when she replaced her treasurer.

* Munger also said that Brandt has had “nothing to do with my campaign.”

OK, but Brandt did contribute to Munger’s campaign twice since Munger was appointed comptroller.

It’s only a grand, but it’s not “nothing.”

* If Brandt wasn’t such a gung-ho poster mayor for a hugely controversial attempt to impose a local “right to work” ordinance (with a big assist from the legal arm of the Illinois Policy Institute) this would be no big deal. But she is, so it’s a legit issue whether Munger or the Republicans or anybody else care to admit it. If you elevate a person like that to such a place of prominence in your official campaign, you have to answer for it.

And because the Illinois attorney general has declared ordinances like the one that Brandt engineered illegal, it’s not just a local issue. It’s a statewide issue because if Brandt and the Illinois Policy Institute succeed, other municipalities could follow. Keeping her on as campaign chair for ten months after that ordinance passed implies agreement.

And, by the way, as I write this, she’s still listed as Munger’s campaign chair.

…Adding… From the Munger campaign…

Susana Mendoza was Rahm Emmanuel’s outspoken Campaign Co-Chair. If she wants to play guilt by association, we ask her;

Does she take responsibility for Rahm Emmanuel’s record $543 million property tax hike?

Does she responsibility for Rahm Emmanuel’s $239 million water and sewer tax hike?

Does she take responsibility for Rahm Emmanuel’s $60 million garbage collection fee?

Does she take responsibility for Rahm Emmanuel $48 million taxi and ride hailing service fee hike?

Does she take responsibility for Rahm Emmanuel’s $40 million amusement tax hike on computer “cloud” services and streaming?

Emanuel is spelled with one “m,” and despite saying it was an “error” to not file paperwork changing her campaign chair, Munger still hasn’t done it.

Otherwise, what do you think?

…Adding Even More… Apparently, Ms. Brandt didn’t get the memo about not being involved…