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Tom Hayden's avatar

I've been thinking about this all morning and trying to wrap my head around what the implications are if this is a donation. In general, can a public body finance *any* legal cause? Like, suppose a teacher got hit by a car on the way to school and sued the car owner. Can a public body donate money to the teacher's legal cause? I think the answer is no but I don't know why...

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Truth Seeker's avatar

Wasn’t there also a gofundme set up (yes, it’s the Evanston way) for this Evanston assistant principal related to the situation in a neighboring town??! Good grief. Talk about jumping the shark.

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Tom Hayden's avatar

Update: this is a settlement payment unrelated to the lawsuit and gofundme. It's very interesting in its own right. More to come.

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Tom Hayden's avatar

Yes, she raised more than $40k in the gofundme.

Again, no idea if this is related to her case - let's see what the FOIA says...

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