Kim Foxx, candidate for Cook County state's attorney, who ran on the platform of VOTE FOR ME I AM NEGRO, creates potential conflict by taking job at law firm that sues Cook County

But because she is black.... NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO HER.... 

Democrat Kim Foxx has taken a consulting job at a personal injury law firm that often has sued Cook County, creating a potential conflict of interest if she is elected state's attorney in November.

If Foxx prevails as expected in the heavily Democratic county, she would be in charge of an office that has defended and settled lawsuits filed against the county by Power Rogers & Smith, a firm whose lawyers have contributed $18,500 to her campaign fund.

Foxx's campaign declined to make the candidate available for an interview. Campaign spokesman Robert Foley said the law firm hired Foxx in a "consulting capacity" and that she is not working on any cases involving city or county government.

Foley did not say how much Foxx is being paid by the firm or when she started there. Nor did he answer whether Foxx working at the firm constitutes a conflict of interest or the appearance of impropriety. And he did not say what steps Foxx would take if elected to make sure cases filed by Power Rogers & Smith are not treated differently by her office, given her employment at the firm.

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