Corruption in Pawnee?

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I stumbled across this interesting article from Alyssa Rosenberg's media blog on Thinkprogress.org. Greg Packnett a legislative aide from Wisconsin was troubled by some of Leslie Knope's recent actions:

While she’s well-motivated, she’s still pretty corrupt. She regularly uses city resources to campaign, even going so far as to have the Parks & Rec Dept. give her an assistant in her official capacity so she can spend more time campaigning. (Source)

Oh no, not Leslie! It's funny to me that someone like Leslie who is so enthusiastic about her future as an elected official would essentially use valuable park funds to get herself elected. While political corruption is a troubling issue in real life (on a much bigger scale too), I think that the writers of Parks and Rec may just not be familiar with all the ethics of local government elections. After all, we may love P&R but at the end of the day it's not the most realistic show out there. I mean, Leslie really be such a waffle-lover and not be obese like the rest of Pawnee? Either way, check out Alyssa's blog for her response to Leslie's alleged indiscretions.