Guess who's more important to the newspaper: this one guy who encountered some "you were naiive to not expect this" corruption, or the senior city hall politico? And what did he do, anyway, ask for a seat on the board in return for his help? and that position comes with a salary? We can't run that story, quit wasting our time.
Re:The Unexotic Underclass
by tsunamifury on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @01:41PM
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Its more that its never explicitly stated at any point in time or by any individual.
But if you've ever worked at this level, you know the connections made by those brokering deals or in close proximity to dealmaking is often the only way to find success. You need these people to connect you with the wealth or opportunity, and they charge for that connection.
Re:The Unexotic Underclass
by tedunangst on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @01:15PM
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"Corruption in city hall" is front page news all the time.
Which goes to show that exposing it in the "frong page" doesn't do much to stop it.
There is a difference between stopping an instance of a problem, and an entire species of problem. Just because the species of problem (municipal political corruption) persists in various forms, doesn't mean any individual corrupt politician will get off scot-free. They go down all the time, removing the particular barriers they had put in place.
That sounds like an excellent situation to gather the evidence and get some newspaper coverage.