Now, that wasn't right at all.

These things ought to be always fixed up nice and quiet.
As to officeholders, they would be ingrates if they didn't contribute to the organization that put them in office.

They needn't be assessed.

That would be against the law.

But they know what's expected of them, and if they happen to forget they can be reminded polite and courteous.
Dan Donegan, who used to be the Wiskinkie of the Tammany Society, and received contributions from grateful officeholders, had a pleasant way of remindin'.