Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
The most complicating (sic) part of conflicts of interest is the being
interested part. When one is interested in something, not necessarily
in a financial way, it can be very hard to get the emotional distance
necessary to analyze a conflict properly. In other words, it's hard for
many people to admit the possibility that they may have a conflict and
then to determine rationally what should be done about it.
A case in point involves the village attorney of Mokena, IL.