Your big brother is a powerful member of city council, and you're just
a deputy city clerk. There's got to be more than this! So you retire,
take your pension of $68,000, and run for state representative, with
all the support your brother and his friends can provide, adding
another $86,000 in salary and the prospect of a second government
pension. Not bad.
But not enough. You set up a lobbying firm, "to help businesses engage"
with the city, and you let your partner engage with the state, since
you can't do that yourself. For an office from which to lobby city
officials, including your brother, you find a bargain: in your
brother's building, where you and he already have your constituent
offices.