Thursday, March 01, 2007

Troha lesson, in brief

With the news of the Dennis Troha brouhaha, we have yet another reminder that if we really want clean elections without campaign contributors trying to buy influence, then the surest way would be to remove the power of the state to reward campaign contributors. Putting the governor as the main arbiter in handing out casino licenses is just an invitation for abuse.

Even if Troha and Doyle escape without being found guilty of any wrong doing, the case serves as a warning the system will always be correptible when there is so much to be gained.

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