Friday, January 22, 2010

Senate Judiciary decision will be far reaching.

There are a number of questions on the table.

One of the most fundamental questions is;
when a man points to public corruption or incompetence,
is it then up to him personally, to hold that politician or
public servant accountable for their corruption or incompetence?

The first ethical use of power is to protect itself from abuse.

It is up to power to police itself. It is absurd to expect the
powerless to hold the powerful accountable for their conduct
and competence.

Yet here we are.

Were it not for Frank Foy and Victor Marshall,
no one would be doing anything to get to the bottom of the
corruption in the State Investment Scandal.

The Attorney General is not investigating; he can't afford to.
The State Auditor is not investigating, he can't afford to.

The legislature steadfastly refuses to fund adequate oversight.

A cynic might conclude that they are doing so for selfish and
corrupt reasons.

Senator Cisco McSorley's Judiciary Committee
is charged with making a monumental and far reaching decision;

whether to fund the demise of the culture of corruption
in state government.

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