[EL] State corruption risk rankings

[Benjamin Barr]

Interestingly enough, Wyoming, which ranks in the red flag, severe risk of
corruption zone in the recent "state integrity" report scored as the "best
run state" at least two years in a row over at Wall Street 24/7.  See
http://247wallst.com/2011/11/28/best-and-worst-run-states-in-america-an-analysis-of-all-50/2/.
 California, proudly lauded as clean by the "state integrity" folks, scored
as worst run by 24/7.  See
http://247wallst.com/2011/11/28/best-and-worst-run-states-in-america-an-analysis-of-all-50/6/
.

Perhaps there is some correlation going on here?

Forward,

First Amendment Ben


On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Sean Parnell <
sean at impactpolicymanagement.com> wrote:

> I thought the list might enjoy the recent report (I assume – there’s no
> date attached that I can easily find, but it is the leading feature on the
> home page) from something called State Integrity Investigation, which
> appears to be a joint project of the Center for Public Integrity, Global
> Integrity, and Public Radio International. It purports to rate the risk of
> corruption in all 50 states based on a variety of factors – campaign
> finance of course, lobbying disclosure, procurement, public access to
> information, etc. ****
>
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> Residents of the Garden State should rest easy knowing that their state is
> least susceptible to corruption according to these rankings. Other states
> scoring in the top quartile include Rhode Island, Illinois, and Hawaii.
> Louisiana just missed being in the top quarter, coming in at #15. Citizens
> who need to watch closely because their states are at high risk include
> well-known cesspools of corruption such as Utah, both South and North
> Dakota, and Maine.****
>
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> Here’s the link: http://www.stateintegrity.org/your_state****
>
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> There’s a term, I can’t recall it exactly: ‘Something in, same something
> out.’****
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>
> Best,****
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