Senator Richard J. Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, said the pardon "certainly raises the appearance of impropriety".
On the supply side, soft money raises the appearance of influence-buying and that influence-buying andolithat.
Mr. Issa said the appointments of Ms. Edelberg and Mr. Feldberg raised the appearance of conflicts of interest -- a claim Mr. Angelides and Mr. Thomas denied.
City Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi objected yesterday to $469 million in welfare-to-work contracts awarded by the Giuliani administration, saying they raised the appearance of "corruption, favoritism and cronyism".
A1 Workfare Contracts Criticized City Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi objected to $469 million in welfare-to-work contracts awarded by the Giuliani administration, saying they raised the appearance of "corruption, favoritism and cronyism".
Waxman later said, "I don't know if there was anything improper in this, but I do know it sure raises the appearance of impropriety".
But a studio analyst who owns a small part of a team raises the appearance of conflicts if, for example, he does not divulge what he knows about a player because he is an insider.
Mr. Hevesi said that the contracts, which the Giuliani administration awarded to companies that are to find jobs for 80,000 former welfare recipients, raised the appearance of "corruption, favoritism and cronyism".
He also complained that it raised the appearance of favoritism, in part because a large subcontract was to be awarded to a company set up by a former Giuliani official, Richard J. Schwartz.
It raises the appearance that she's possibly doing not only city work but law firm work".
The arrangement raises the appearance of special federal treatment for a private business owned by President Donald Trump. .
