Is a lie allegedly told by a public official a bigger lie with greater consequences simply because the official happens to be from New York and not from Coeur d’Alene? Is a lie told by a Coeur d’Alene public official less of a lie, a lie with lesser consequences because it was told in Coeur d’Alene and not Washington, DC?
May 26, 2009
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Probably.
It’s getting pretty ripe around here. Occasionally folks get caught, not often, but they do and this can happen years into their career.
It happened in 2003 – to a Boise Mayor.
Brent Coles, a <a href=”http://www.pridedepot.com/?p=1372″?former Boise mayor was caught lying about his misuse of public funds but, it really did not hurt him much at all. He was basically forced out and the charges were then removed.
This excerpt might shrike a similar chord?
Our local government is pretty tight here. They have to start turning on each other before something breaks. It’s not a big deal that the chairman of the [deleted by Bill: organization named was factually inaccurate] is going bankrupt and getting sued? But then, it’s not a big deal that our medical records can become falsely presented as a public record up here either and that’s at the hands of our own judges and professional experts. It really depends on who you are. Influence and status lends to credibility, which buys the public trust and many assume our leaders are telling the truth, but they are not. They effectively manage their lies by abusing their positions. Until a person has been directly caught up in a bevy of professional lies, one may never understand the word – corrupt.
Comment by Stebbijo — May 27, 2009 @ 10:05 am
Sorry, here is the link to the Cole’s story.
Comment by Stebbijo — May 27, 2009 @ 10:08 am