It’s amazing how many legit criminals get into public office or important civil service positions, like county coroner, and how their motivations are always so transparent. We need more ways to prevent these types of predators from attaining office.
This always sounded crazy to me. In Canada, a coroner is a medical doctor with a specialization, similar to a pathologist. In some States it’s just a random person.
It’s amazing how many legit criminals get into public office or important civil service positions, like county coroner, and how their motivations are always so transparent. We need more ways to prevent these types of predators from attaining office.
Don’t forget business and religion, among many others
I think the best wording might be “abusers seek positions of power and authority over their victims”.
Vote
How would have voting helped in this situation?
With the exception of New Orleans, coroners are elected in Louisiana for some dumb reason.
He ran unopposed…
I did say it was dumb…
Then sign up and oppose him.
For coroner? You know that’s not a job that anyone can or wants to do, right?
It’s not like running for Congress where any other competence requirements are optional if you’re good enough at lying about corruption.
Then find someone and back them. Go to the local opposition and ask what you can do to get your guy running.
Yeah sure, I’ll just go to the medical examiner aisle of my local competent and not corrupt public official store 🙄
Want me to get you a district attorney or comptroller while I’m there?
Just a question how many coroners have you personally found and got to run for office in your time?
This always sounded crazy to me. In Canada, a coroner is a medical doctor with a specialization, similar to a pathologist. In some States it’s just a random person.
There is a great Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about how the US coroner system is fucked up.