The New York Times comes out with a scathing indictment of Walmart bribery in Mexico:
“The Times’s examination reveals that Wal-Mart de Mexico was not the reluctant victim of a corrupt culture that insisted on bribes as the cost of doing business. Nor did it pay bribes merely to speed up routine approvals. Rather, Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited. It used bribes to subvert democratic governance — public votes, open debates, transparent procedures. It used bribes to circumvent regulatory safeguards that protect Mexican citizens from unsafe construction. It used bribes to outflank rivals.“
One hell of a read.
This article appears in Taking Charge in Loleta.
Just saw some news on these bribes and pay-offs to rezone for constructing the Walmart sites too.
It happens in Humboldt County also (and no, money ain’t the only “type of bribe”); so, where is the news locally?
Covering it ….. up! – HOJ
Ps. example, new GPU process working group allowed to “recomment and re-submit their wants and needs” AGAIN, but the little non-groupee people don’t get the same opportunity to “CUT NEW DEALS”!
Why is that?
Campaign kickbacks –> “To the victors go the spoils”; since 5 victorious supervisors have obligations to those few elitists overall whom financed their campaigns. Spoils is another part of the game political maneuvering game that excludes a majority of the community..
As with all of HOJ’s proclamations of local injustice, I’ll wait for evidence before getting outraged. So far, I have yet to be outraged.
Umm,
are you a local recipient or participant of certain segregated political processes? Name?
Anyhow, keep reading HOJ, we all know about stalkers, people whom follow others, etc….the interest is a killer, don’t ya know. – HOJ
Too the “naysayers of justice”, a story is brewing about former cops going rogue to create a criminal enterprise in Trinity County. It appears these former trained cops like to be “home-invaders too” and that hurting people is acceptible to the former publicly trained employees!
Now, when is Sheriff Clowney in Humboldt gonna wield his big schtick? – HOJ