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Did Sempra Bribe Mexicans?
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act guards against that being used as an excuse...it basically says that if an American corp does something that would be considered corrupt/illegal if done in the US, it IS illegal even if the corp does it abroad.— May 23, 2012 5:21 p.m.
Build a stadium and Chargers will stay? Nope.
I think you hit the head of a much larger nail than you may have intended...what we have is a real imbalance of power) in public/private dealings. This comes from both an imbalance of money, and a misalignment of purpose, between the public and private spheres. The public negotiates on behalf of the best interests of the public (i.e., everybody) with public (i.e., not very much) funds. This usually includes the corporate citizen. The "Corporate citizen," on the other hand, is only working on behalf of its shareholders and not the public. Also, the amount of money invested in situations like these are absurdly imbalanced. The top city personnel in charge of these contracts are paid what, like 150-225k a year? Meanwhile, those in the private sphere with substantial interests (Manchester, for example) in these projects make millions, and correspondingly have WAY MORE money to devote to the personnel in charge of getting the thing done. The result? Every year a new "scandal" comes out about some private company outnegotiating the government, making a ton of money, and gouging the city for millions of dollars (remember Rural/Metro?). It doesn't happen every time, but it happens way too often. *I happen to disagree with you n the Chargers issue, but thanks for the article anyway.— May 23, 2012 4:46 p.m.