NMAG blames us for the culture of corruption.

Shame on me for not paying
close enough attention all the way
to the end of the report from
NM Attorney General Gary King, link.






His final paragraph;

The citizens of New Mexico expect a lot from those of us
in law enforcement and the judiciary, they should.
Perhaps just as important, people should know that they
can help us do our jobs by alerting us to corruption and
other crimes. This is where I think we all can make a
difference in that culture of corruption. When our society
no longer tolerates it, when people act as a community
against it, corruption may finally disappear from the
headlines in our daily news. emphasis added

He is at once, right and wrong.

He is right that we could end the culture of corruption.
If we acted as a community, we could end the culture of
corruption in Santa Fe. It would require perhaps several
thousand of us standing on the steps of the Roundhouse
demanding an immediate end to the culture of corruption.

He is wrong in suggesting that it is somehow our fault that
there is a culture of corruption. We elected him and others,
for the express purpose of protecting the public interests in
government.

He and others, had the responsibility to do that, even if
we are too stupid, too apathetic, too lazy, or too ignorant
to pay any attention to the fact that they were doing too little
to nothing, to prevent the squandering of our trust and our
treasure.

If those whom we have elected, wanted to end the culture of
corruption, they could. They could do it independent of us.
To suggest that it is OK that they have not protected the public
interests because we have not held their toes to the fire,
is at once true, and a piss poor excuse for failing to do
what they were elected to do.




photo Mark Bralley