Sentences with phrase «where cronyism»

In a city where cronyism was taken as a given and outright corruption widely assumed if rarely proven, his was a message that resonated.

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«This is areas where there is a barrier — and that can be cronyism, that can be regulation, that we can effect change through,» the founders explained.

But, seriously, how likely is that to happen within a borough like Queens County, where the murky waters of cronyism, nepotism, favoritism, corruption, graft, cover up, favoritism and a reckless disregard for law, order and obeying their constituents just keep getting swampier by the minute.

This has often resulted in accusations of cronyism and cash for honours, a situation where mud has stuck, tarnishing the reputation of the House of Lords.

Others argue that Labour's problems predate this, that the party has been too complacent for too long, especially in the west of Scotland, where it was guilty of cronyism, putting forward nonentities as candidates for councils, the Scottish parliament and Westminster.

Name me a purely logical, utterly rational human exploration of any phenomena where research money is rarely wasted and no cronyism exists?

Defined by Wikipedia as, «partiality to long - standing friends, especially by appointing them to positions of authority, regardless of their qualifications,» cronyism is to blame for many instances of executive - level hiring where solid vetting practices are tossed aside.