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Prof. Painter Quoted on Ethics Controversies
Professor Richard Painter, a former White House ethics adviser, was quoted in a Pioneer Press story on the controversies surrounding Judge Timothy Blakely. When asked, "Was the electorate apathetic, sympathetic or just uninformed?" Painter said it could be a mixture of all three.