Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Letter: One master for public servants

If you are a politician and are a director of a corporation in a complex industry over which you have oversight, you cannot serve the public interest without a bias. If you want to be an entrepreneurial participant in a company involved in a product you administer, become that director and/or that entrepreneur but don't put a public servant's salary in one pocket while using your position to pocket a private sector income derived from your entrusted public position.

Maybe I am not contemporary enough but I expect some integrity from public servants. Go for the private sector income but don't screw around with taxpayer money.

GIL EISNER

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