Fortress-Backed Rail Company Brightline Gets an Ally in California’s Treasurer
California Treasurer Fiona Ma’s support for a costly private rail project between Los Angeles to Las Vegas project may have been a conflict of interest and influenced by the train’s developer Brightline Holdings.
“I’m sure there are important messages that the treasurer would want incorporated,” said John Pelissero, a senior scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University and a researcher and educator on ethics in government. “But those shouldn’t be crafted in concert with, or at the direction of, the beneficiary or potential beneficiary of the funds.”
John Pelissero, senior scholar, quoted by Bloomberg.
Dec 21, 2021