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Oh, I thought he meant the State Government.
I don't know about La., but my home state is Il. and it was
pretty
crooked when the first Daly ran it from Chicago, and for a long
time
before that. I wonder if "getting caught" is all that separates
one state
from another that way?
I always hate OT but since I grew up in IL and went to undergrad in
LA (Tulane) I couldn't resist
IL (Actually Chicago) has ALWAYS been more corrupt than LA... since
the days of Cappone and then the first mayor Daly. They were
always just much smarter about not getting caught until the more
recent years. BTW.. the city (Chicago) always runs BETTER and more
efficiently with a corrupt mayor.
Also interesting fact (I use the word fact lightly) According to
the FBI only 48% of the murderers in the US ever serve time.... in
recent history 50% of the IL Gov's will serve time.. so... you are
more likely to go to prison if you are elected as Gov of IL than if
you committ MURDER!!!! :-)
I am glad I now live in South Florida... a beautiful little Banana
republic where we expect our politicians to be on the take.... Look
out NJ... we are coming up fast in the outer lane!!! you could be
#4.
nail on head
True! I am so mortified that my proud home state of NJ is getting
eclipsed by places like Illinois.
We need a PR firm for our corruption. We need better and more
newsworthy corruption.
But how do you compete when your closest neighbor elects a governor
who made his name tracking down prostitution rings, then gets caught
in bed with a skanky $1000/hour hooker?
We have our work cut out for us, all right. The trouble is that our
corrupt politicians don't think big enough. We've become small-timers
in the bigger scheme of things. Our guys think that a new cabin
cruiser, season Jets tickets, and a couple of bimbos serving drinks in
the luxury suites at Yankee Stadium is living in corrupt luxury.
What we need is politicians who know what they can command in the
marketplace. Maybe we can get them some help from MLB players' agents.
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Ed Huntress
Ed, I think you have come up with a new profession, a corruption and
take manager for politicans. The cover name for the office is
political expiditer. Politicians themselves seem to blow it when it
comes to being on the take.
John
I still think that hiring them from the ranks of MLB players' agents is
the way to go. If they can get $82.5 million for A.J. Burnett, they can
revolutionize New Jersey's political corruption.
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Ed Huntress
I wouldn't bet my last dollar on Illinois or Lousiana being the "most
corrupt" states.
I dunno. I'm still cheering for NJ. But the FBI must have some basis for
making the judgment. We'll have to ask them.
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Ed Huntress
Pennsylvania is in the running. Luzurne county is near the top as to
corrupt countys. They got caught using county credit cards for personal
use and only had to pay back the money they charged. This is the least of
all their transgressions.
John
Is my old high-school gym teacher, Lou Biacchi, still mayor of Berwick? I
don't know if he's corrupt, but if he lived in NJ, he'd have been a made man
50 years ago. He looked, acted, and sounded like one of the lower-level
soldiers in "The Sopranos."
Such a nice, remote, semi-rural area it is, too. g
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