Gabriela Santiago-Romero

First-term Detroit Council Member Gabriela Santiago-Romero, who is running for re-election in District 6, has rejected thousands of dollars in donations from a political action committee funded by Dan Gilbert and his employees, BridgeDetroit reports .

State records show she voided $5,000 in donations that the Rocket State Political Action Committee (PAC) attempted to give in February and March.

Santiago-Romero didn’t elaborate on why, but at a District 6 candidate forum hosted by BridgeDetroit in June, she said:

“I have been offered PAC money I will not accept. I can continue to work with Rocket Mortgage without taking their money. I meet with DTE consistently without taking their money. You don’t need to take money to have a working relationship with people.

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