The Democratic mayor’s conduct — selling her “Healthy Holly” children’s books to companies over which she exercised influence — was ethically bankrupt. Among other entities that were ensnared in Ms. Pugh’s web, willingly or less willingly, reform remains an open question. Kaiser had every reason to understand Ms. Pugh’s conflict of interest along with the glaring optical and ethical questions its own purchases raised. CareFirst’s contributions were made before Ms. Pugh was mayor but while she was a powerful state lawmaker representing the city. In this unseemly story, Ms. Pugh is the chief culprit.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2019 22:39 UTC