Quote Originally Posted by Gistok View Post
Well stated Mikey... sometimes a "crime against the taxpayers"... is not really a technical crime at all.... but more a betrayal of the public trust.
I second that Gistok, and I think any appearance of conflict of interest has to be avoided by pols and business folks alike.

Like Montreal city comptroller Frank Zampino who spent his holidays with his wife on a major city contractor's yacht in the US Virgin Islands. Tony Accurso, the contractor had gotten a 350 million dollar contract to install electronic water counters for industrial premises in the city. Zampino resigned and guess what; he is now working for the company in question...

Accurso also pead guillty recently to a 4 million dollar tax evasion bit...