Federal prosecutors have essentially completed their investigation into rigged hiring and promotion practices at the state Probation Department, according to two sources briefed on the US Attorney’s work, clearing the way for criminal charges against numerous probation employees, politicians and potentially others in the scandal uncovered by the Globe’s Spotlight Team.
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bigs thanks to US Attorney General Carmen Ortiz, she's doing the job our Attorney General turns a blind eye to. My guess, our 4th speaker of the house is going down.
These public servants serving themselves to our tax dollars should all be put in jail where they belong. I am sick of all the democratic corruption in this state something has to be done.
What are the charges going to be? Doing business as usual in Massachusetts state government?
corrupt dems. problem of 1 party rule
Corruption is inexcusable, no matter which political party is in power, but Mass has a long history of "it's who you know" corruption by both parties. Most of those indicted this time will be Democrats simply because the majority of state officials are Democrats. I vividly remember, though, that Jane Swift used state employees as babysitters and state helicopters as taxis, not to mention the corruption in the treasurer's office under Malone. If corruption is to be brought under control, we must find it, prosecute it, and reject politicians who condone it, regardless of their political persuasions.
If we make corruption a political football, we will never come close to keeping it under control. Corruption is a temptation for anyone that has political power, and all you have to do is look at corruption in Congress to realize that it is not a party issue. The temptation is so great that we won't be able to eliminate it completely. Our only hope is to try to keep it under control.