My party's in power in the city, and it's goin' to undertake a lot of public improvements. Well, I'm tipped off, say, that they're going to lay out a new park at a certain place.
I see my opportunity and I take it. I go to that place and I buy up all the land I can in the neighborhood . . . Ain't it perfectly honest to charge a good price and make a profit on my investment and foresight? Of course, it is. Well, that's honest graft.
–G. W. Plunkitt
What does Plunkitt describe as honest graft in this reading?
collecting votes for elections by bribing voters
taking money from the city treasury by forging documents
using inside knowledge to profit on city construction projects