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Category: corruption

  • Cameras are only part of the solution

    16 shots. Chicago police released the video this week, after a year of legal wrangling, of the police shooting of Laquan McDonald. Over a year since the incident, the officer is facing first degree murder charges. According to police accounts, McDonald was a suspect in some auto burglaries in the area. The police also say…

  • Giving Process its Due

    The crazy clown car show that has become the Shelby County Commission rolls on…but at least it may hold off until after the fourth. Of course, the troubles are well known. Now at least two members of the Commission are under scrutiny for not living in their districts: Henri Brooks and Justin Ford. Oh to…

  • Is Haslam running government like a business?

    Back in 2010, when Gov. Haslam used millions of his personal wealth to win both the GOP primary and eventually the general election, a constant theme was that he would “run government like a business”. Now, anyone with half a brain in their head should have looked at this promise pretty skeptically. Its just like…

  • Several Things, and Prolly More

    I’ve been working on a series of special projects over the past week that are likely to continue for some time to come, so blogging will likely be light over here for a while. However, there are several things that have attracted my attention that need to be dealt with, so, here goes. Bill Moyers…

  • Put this Punk Away

    The news is buzzing with the arrest of Illinios Governor Blagojevich and his Chief of Staff John Harris for trying to sell the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. Let me echo LWC’s sentiment. Blago has been under a microscope for a long time. Still, this fool had the temerity to try and profit personally…

  • More on the Cooper Allegations

    It took a couple of days for our daily to notice, but this morning the CA finally had something on the Joe Cooper Testimony. The article is a sight longer than the one referenced yesterday, but ultimately, no new information…except for this exoneration of two former council members… “There were a couple of people that…