Diane Denish gives back the money. So what? ??

Lt. Governor Diane Denish
has donated to charity, link,
campaign contributions from those
who have been indicted in the
housing authority scandal.

So what?

There is some conventional wisdom
on guilt by association at play here;

Birds of a feather flock together, and

We are known by the company we keep.

A shoplifter who returns stolen goods is still a shoplifter.

And Diane Denish is still more than casually associated with
the people who have been indicted in criminal conspiracies to
defraud taxpayers, even if she did donate their contributions
to charity.

Coincidentally, still nothing from the Denish camp, on their
plan to end the culture of corruption in Santa Fe.
Hopefully, she will come up with something a little deeper than
severing ties with seamy people only after they are indicted.

In fairness, no Republican candidate for governor, has laid their
plan to end the culture of corruption in Santa Fe on the table either.

Someone is going to be the first.
Everyone else is going to be among the last.




photo Mark Bralley