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Mike Quigley: “The real cost of the problems that we faced here, and in my community, of the public's perception of us and the public's…”

On the recordJuly 9, 2012
The real cost of the problems that we faced here, and in my community, of the public's perception of us and the public's perception of corruption is the loss of the ability to lead.
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Mike Quigley
Democratic · Illinois

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Quigley discusses the impact of public perception on leadership.

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