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Corruption
Public corruption is noted here as follows: A very standard definition of public corruption, used by the World Bank, is the abuse of public power for private benefit. And, Morally, the abuse of authority implies some violation of trust, whether it is the trust of the citizen in their officials or the trust of shareholders…
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New Category
These posts are from the Operation Clean-Up blog at theResearchSource.net. After about nine years of hosting that site I believe I am going to not renew the URL. I will attempt to move the important pages here, including all the posts from Operation Clean-Up. About Operation Clean-Up: I suspect it will be a long road–people…
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Joe Pa (1926-2012)
It was this past Saturday night when Joe Paterno was first reported dead. It was a bizarre twist because he was still alive but the Internet was already buzzing with the story. CBS Sports, People magazine, and the Toronto newspaper “reported” it. I remember feeling affected. Respect for his many good deeds and interest in…
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Arapahoe County Colorado Sheriff – Interesting on how the elected/top officials include e-mail addresses and direct phone numbers… Mr. (“Sargeant”) D. Gerlach, Internal Affairs, 303/271-5315.
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Sugar Bowl 2012
Boy this drags out–well over a month since Michigan’s last game. But it is here at last! Five keys: Denard and interceptions. Will Denard and/or Fitz have good/big games running. Will RB David Wilson have a big game running. Will QB Logan Thomas have a good/big game passing downfield. Intangibles (turnovers, kick returns, penalties, injuries,…
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Heat
Things are heating up with DPW/CPW. Time to write Cables and inform him of the shortcomings of his e-mail and my fix and bill philosophy. Basically, I believe you are right that many wildlife laws started as protecting commercial interests. But they have been expanded greatly since often because of equal rights issues. This law…
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25 Reasons
Why the Division of Parks and Wildlife needs to do what they are supposed to. Correction: why the people working at the department need to do it. 1-10 It is the law. The animals will remain wild. It protects the environment. To control costs the significant costs to homeowners, businesses, etc. People are not…
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This is not…
… walking your dog in a vacant lot next to where you live. It is not a harmless, victimless crime. It is getting in your car (or, ahem, truck) and driving to a public park. Often, like today, I notice it because of the noise (this time, the three dogs at the house in front…