Florida: #1 in crooked politicians • #1 in public corruption (another reason to vote yes on Amendment 4)
Columbia County, FL (Posted Oct 26, 2010 07:38 am)
Just because members of Columbia County's top brass
haven't been carted off to the slammer, it doesn't mean
they shouldn't be there. When the State Attorney walks
behind the good old boys with a broom and the County's
outside auditor is the inside financial advisor and
accountant, well, everyone knows about the Good Old Boys
of the legendary Columbia County.
"Where is officialdom most crooked? Last week, many guessed it must be Illinois, after news that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taped making brazen personal demands in exchange for his selection of a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama."
"In a Department of Justice tally covering the last decade, Florida wins by its sheer number of guilty. The report, released last week, itemizes convictions in federal public corruption cases at local, state and federal levels in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and three United States territories."
The rest of the story can be read here in the NY Times.