Public Corruption

Standing up for our Police Officers

Posted on October 22, 2014 by admin in Good Government, Law Enforcement, Municipal Government, Public Corruption, Public Employees, Public Safety, Transparency

Yet more troubling events in Asheville have prompted renewed calls for the General Assembly to reconsider and pass House Bill 643 — bipartisan legislation intended to extend “whistleblower protection” to full-time certified law enforcement officers at both the city and county level. Forty-four officers of the Asheville Police Department (nearly a quarter of their force) […]

Throwback Thursday: Ethics

Posted on October 9, 2014 by admin in Good Government, Government Reform, Local Government, Nonprofits, Open Government, Public Corruption, Throwback Thursdays, Transparency

Four years ago this week, former Democrat Speaker of the House Jim Black was released from federal prison after serving three years of a 63-month federal prison term for corruption charges. Interestingly, the requirement that state legislators comply with ethics laws is a fairly recent phenomenon. After the multi-year cascading corruption scandals that ensnared Mr. […]

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