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it's not just the "good ole boys", the problem is wide spread among public officials. Locally we have city council members, county commissioners, heads of two year college systems, political appointees from both sides of the isle, etc..etc.. getting busted for misappropriating public money, giving jobs and contracts to relatives, giving scholarships to students who don't attend schools, using public money and county contractors to build private homes out of state. the list could go on and on. Unfortunately these officials are democrat and repugs, black and white, male and female. I believe we should add a new law making it a crime to abuse the publics trust, make it an offense that is added to other corruption charges. These people not only steal the publics money or land, they steal the trust of the people, making the public unable to trust their government even after the offenders have been caught and prosecuted, and IMO that is the worst part of their crimes.
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