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Old 03-09-2024, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mntlblok View Post
Am I to get the sense that political donations are what might skew the operations of the CDDs? Have recently read similar things about the sugar business gaining outsized influence. Apparently the Fanjuls have members in both parties. :-) Never been a fan of mercantilism.

Have long wondered why it seems to be that only Illinois politicians ever get sent to prison over corruption issues. Well, maybe the occasional Louisiana one. . .
A Connecticut governor went to prison twice for corruption. It was a huge state, and then national scandal. Check out John Rowland. His first jail term was 10 months in 2006. He'd resigned in 2004 because of the corruption charges. Then, he had a whole new set of charges, and was sentenced to 30 months, went in 2015 and got out in 2018.