Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 3, 2007
Contested Coast
Forum Column - By Ronald A. Zumbrun - The California Coastal Commission, one of the state's most powerful and independent agencies, is raising suspicions after revelations of malfeasance among its staff.
By Ronald A. Zumbrun
As Lord Acton famously stated, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Accordingly, our nation's founding fathers instituted a system of checks and balances in framing our federal government. The executive, judicial and legislative branches were each made subject to certain restraints by the others and so were accountable for their actions.
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