16 ordspråk av Bill Allison
Bill Allison
But usually there is not a big pot of public money set aside to do these kinds of things that are going on in Pennsylvania,
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certainly sounds like a quid pro quo.
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I find it hard to believe that one of his aides didn't find it salient to know before he voted. If he said he didn't know, then he's just not doing his job. It's just appalling. That's hardly any kind of excuse.
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If he said he didn't know, then he's just not doing his job.
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If he's voting on bills that he has a direct financial stake in, I don't think you can find a clearer conflict of interest than that. I don't think you're going to find a clearer case of somebody voting their own pocketbook.
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If there is a conflict now, why wasn't there a conflict when he came into office or when he became Senate majority leader? ... And with his family still involved with HCA, I don't know that selling the stock even ends the conflict of interest. ... The timing of this doesn't quite make sense.
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It clearly creates the appearance that somebody could be influenced by their future employer, while they're supposed to be representing the interests of the state of New Jersey and the students of Camden.
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It sounds like he got something and gave something in return, ... I know for most people $23,000 is a huge amount of money to get in one lump sum. It sounds like the payment certainly didn't hurt the filmmaker's chances of getting some help with his other projects.
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It's certainly interesting that again his daughter's working for ultimately oil interests. That's where all the money in Saudi Arabia comes from, after all.
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It's hard to call it a blind trust if they're peeking under the blindfold.
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It's not enough to write a sternly worded letter to your legislator, ... It's money that talks, and it gets your people in the door.
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It's not enough to write a sternly worded letter to your legislator. It's money that talks, and it gets your people in the door.
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It's not so much the timing (of the contribution), ... It's hard to say any individual contribution led to contracting action, but it's easier to show (GTECH) is a politically savvy company that has spent a lot of money over the years.
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It's not so much the timing (of the contribution). It's hard to say any individual contribution led to contracting action, but it's easier to show (GTECH) is a politically savvy company that has spent a lot of money over the years.
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That's how you get into leadership. It's not your personality or your charm. It's whether or not you can bring money to the party.
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