Vox Pop : Open Forum – Are Politicians Inherently Bad? : 9/11/12

Patrick Donges — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:00:00 +0000

From the first days of Watergate, to pay-to-play in the Massachusetts state legislature, to the most recent allegations of sexual harassment and a subsequent secret settlement in New York, politicians just cannot seem to stay out of trouble.

On today’s edition of Vox Pop, we will try to answer the question of whether those electeds who end up in hot water would’ve found themselves in a similar situation had they not held public office.

Vox Pop : New York State Government Transparency with Robert Freeman : 7/24/12

Patrick Donges — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:00:00 +0000

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has come under increasing scrutiny for practices that appear to contrast his campaign pledge of historic transparency.

Last week, it was reported that Cuomo does not use email for official correspondence, relying instead on proprietary blackberry pin-to-pin messages, which leave no paper trail.