Harvard study: Kentucky’s state government one of the most corrupt in the country

 

 

A new study by Harvard University’s Center for Ethics finds that Kentucky’s state government is among the most corrupt in the country, and second to none when it comes to the “legal corruption” of political favors in exchange for campaign contributions.

Whereas the most common measure of corruption uses only federal convictions, the Harvard study measures corruption based on the perceptions of experts, surveying hundreds of news and investigative reporters covering state politics. The reporters ranked the existence of both illegal and legal corruption in the executive, legislative and judicial branches on a scale of 1 to 5, from not common at all to extremely common.

Kentucky was one of only two states to receive the highest ranking of 5 for legal corruption in both the executive and legislative branches, in addition to being near the top for the judicial branch with a ranking of 3 for such corruption being moderately common.

Sounds like Kentucky is the FIFA of state governments. Not a good look for the state...

Terrible... and unsurprising.

I'd believe it if the source was Yale, Brown, MIT....those Harvard types can't be trusted.

What's sad is that no one will be surprised.

I guess ultimately the KY voter is responsible since we send these butt heads to Frankfort.

 

I used to audit construction companies who received state contracts and it as nothing to see pictures on their desks with them buddying up with who ever the governor was at that time.

 

Bevin has to love hearing this being he has no experience in Frankfort where as Conway has be seething since his position as Atty Gen makes him the top guy for fighting corruption.

They needed a study for this? I could have told them this the first time I was offered a $20 bill to "vote the right way" back home.

Richie Farmer blew the curve.....

Richie Farmer blew the curve.....

 

And you're never going to convince me that if he had a (D) after his name none of it would have ever come out.

And you're never going to convince me that if he had a (D) after his name none of it would have ever come out.

 

After all it was just a big screen TV, a fridge and few choice tickets here and there...

After all it was just a big screen TV, a fridge and few choice tickets here and there...

 

and some shotguns and a basketball court...

 

Forgot about the job for his mistress...

and some shotguns and a basketball court...

 

Forgot about the job for his mistress...

 

Let's don't bring women into this, it's cloudy enough....

And you're never going to convince me that if he had a (D) after his name none of it would have ever come out.

Funny that you say that, had a guy tell me once that Ernie Fletcher's problem was that he did the exact same things that Democratic Governors had done for years...bad thing for him was the Dems already knew what to look for and called him out on all of it :lol2:

and some shotguns and a basketball court...

 

Forgot about the job for his mistress...

or the 15 computers, or hunting trips, or thousands of dollars in trips, or....

Richie Farmer blew the curve.....

 

He could be ranked all by his self.