RE: Clean your own house

Washington DC

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Best you start with your own neighborhood. Corruption in Louisiana "Louisiana has long been known for its toleration of political corruption. Bill Dodd, former lieutenant governor and education superintendent, in his book Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics, describes corruption as "a way of life, inherited, and made quasi-respectable and legal by the French freebooters who founded, operated, and left us as the governmental blueprint that is still Louisiana's constitutional and civil law." Dodd further notes that some attribute the corruption to "outlaws, gamblers, and fortune hunters who came off the mountains and down the Mississippi River to add their flavor to the Louisiana pot." Wikipedia Here are a few of famous cases: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell faces two more corruption scandals. Nov 5, 2021 · News New Orleans Corruption Gas Investigation The FBI conducted a raid on the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board. Dec 9, 1994 · In what is being called the largest case of police corruption in the city's history, nine New Orleans officers were charged. August 2008. Cerasoli was appointed by an independent ethics review board last year to root out graft -- in particular as billions of dollars in government aid have flowed into the city following Hurricane Katrina -- in a city that has a reputation for corruption spanning many decades. Office computers were delivered last month but have not yet been hooked up to a secure network. Cerasoli, a former Inspector General for Massachusetts, said he has only 13 staff instead of the 30 he was promised by city hall. And recall Katrina. Then you have : Former FBI New Orleans' special-agent-in-charge Jeffrey Sallet left his post as leader of the office that covers all of Louisiana on Friday, Nov. 3, 217, after he was transferred to lead the division in Chicago. (rom: NOLA dot com | The Times-Picayune archive) "Is public corruption getting better or worse in Louisiana? It can't get much worse. I think the messaging from this office is certainly resonating. I think people are nervous if nothing else. They shouldn't be any less nervous because I'm leaving. There are great people here that are doing the work, and they were doing the work before I got here and will do it after I'm gone. If people -- and the people know who they are -- think because I'm leaving, all the sudden these ongoing cases are going to stop, that's not happening."