Corruption: “An act done with an intent to give some advantage inconsistent with official duty and the rights of others.”
This legal definition is entirely consistent the actions and policies of Tompkins County government.
Although they are public servants; it is no longer the people who are served; the growth and profitability of corporations and institutions is now considered more important to the welfare of Tompkins County — the people have been moved to a secondary position.
Oversight committees short-circuit investigations and ethics complaints are regarded as an annoying interference.
200 years of Collegiate bureaucratic inbreeding has gone county-wide; and the results are Machiavellian.