How Political Patronage Does Real Harm
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
Famous medical axiom: ”First, do no harm.”When doling out political plum jobs, governors should heed that axiom as well.Unfortunately, Ruth Ann Minner had a different axiom: “Reward my friends. Screw the public.”The disgraceful performance of the Violent Crimes Compensation Board demonstrates why Aunt Bee’s ‘governing philosophy’ does real harm to average Delawareans.Ginger Gibson of the News-Journal, who has risen to the front ranks of quality Delaware journalists in a short amount of time, ch
