T-Squared: It's Only Bidness
My favorite moment in the first Godfather movie is the one in which Tessio, one of the Corleone family's lieutenants, is revealed to have betrayed its interim leader, Michael Corleone. As he's led away to meet his ultimate fate, Tessio turns to the family's consigliere, Tom Hagen, and says: "Tell Mike it was only business. I liked him."
That's my message today and going forward to the members of the Legislature who run smack into our massive "Bidness as Usual" project, with its sundry revelations about their personal financial interests, and feel targeted or attacked: We ...

Comments (4)
Neil Sapper
Outstanding! Keep up the good work!
Flawed Plan
Titanic! We love you Trib, you're the best!
institutionalized
You realize they shot Tessio, right?
Daniel Smith
I like your attitude, but remember, what's good for politicians is good for publishers and editors, too. There are rumblings that the powers that be in the publishing industry are entirely too covert and deserve a little light shed on them as well.