D. C. Councilman Linked to firm with D.C. tax breaks

The Washington Times reports:

D.C. Council member Jack Evans voted to give a tax break to CareFirst in 2004 even after his employer filed papers stating that the longtime councilman lobbied Congress for the health care company, federal and city records show.

Mr. Evans, Ward 2 Democrat and chairman of the council's finance committee, voted for tax breaks for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield.

His vote for the tax breaks came more than a year after his employer, law firm Patton Boggs LLP, had filed a report with the Senate that listed him as a lobbyist for CareFirst.

The report states that Mr. Evans was among 10 Patton Boggs employees who lobbied for CareFirst during the second half of 2002 on "health insurance regulatory issues."

Is Mr. Evans trying to imitate Chicago's Alderman Burke?