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A generation ago, with the historic Barron and Moore scandals, West Virginia's state government seemed polluted with corruption. Mercifully, that era vanished. But potential danger always lurks. Just look at the stench in Illinois.
Former Gov. George Ryan is in prison for steering state contracts and leases to political insiders. Before him, governors Dan Walker and Otto Kerner went to the slammer - and Gov. William Stratton narrowly escaped conviction on tax-evasion charges. And when Secretary of State Paul Powell died, $800,000 in embezzled cash was found in shoeboxes in his hotel room.See the full content of this document
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Our View: ; Corruption; Always a Danger
More than 1,000 Illinois officials and businessmen have been convicted in scandals sin...
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