The real Moreland takeaway: We need public campaign financing
Via Libreprensa
Office of The Governor See the forest for the trees.
The swirl of attention around Gov. Cuomo’s shuttering of the Moreland Commission is an easy distraction. Like a magician’s trick, it takes our attention off of where it should really be focused: on the commission’s crucial recommendations for campaign finance reform.
We need to ask once more how we can achieve these reforms, which are crucial to deterring politicians’ misbehavior and improving governance in New York State.
With the number of public officials forced from office for criminal or ethical reasons mounting, Cuomo last summer appointed a Moreland Commission of top prosecutors and civic leaders. They were to investigate corruption in government and recommend concrete remedies.
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