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How Corruption Ruins Our World

Mayor Vaughn Spencer, Police Chief William Heim, and I at a community event. Over time, I became the mayor’s right hand for nearly everything, and proudly immersed myself in my role. MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images.

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Originally published on January 14, 2022 on Medium, now updated and hosted here.

Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
 — Deuteronomy 16:19 (New International Version)

Introduction

My name is Eron Lloyd. I was born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania, and I spent the majority of my life living in and working to improve my hometown. On November 30th, 2015, I plead guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Bribery in Federal court, and became a felon for my actions as a public official of the City of Reading.

Having my career and much of my life’s work end this way was a heartbreaking and personally devastating experience for me and my family. It was a shock to the many friends and allies I worked closely with on nearly a decade of efforts, and signaled the end of what I hoped to be a lifetime of public service continuing the work I started in the city.

It’s now been nine years since that happened and, despite the hardship I experienced, I believe I’m a much better person having gone through what I did. It was the most costly education I’ve ever paid for, but I would not give up what I’ve learned to go back in time and avoid it. I’ve stayed relatively silent for the first six years while I pieced my life back together, but I’m ready to share my story.

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A Fresh Start with Some Old Posts

It's time to start writing again. Not just quick updates on LinkedIn, but the more detailed and involving pieces that I love to produce. A good old-fashioned blog, in fact.

Over the years I've scattered work around other platforms like Medium and LinkedIn, and while generally they provide the tools needed to easily share content, I wanted more control over creating, organizing, and preserving my content. Having a personal website is the ideal way to do that.

From the look of the pages to the URL used to link back too, it empowers more creativity in the creation and curation of your work, without having the platform make decisions in ways that could change or break your intented presentation, which they often do. So while I have many new ideas for things to write, I'm going to first re-publish some existing pieces here first, updating and revising them where possible.

For anyone curious about the technical details of the site, I'm using the fantastic Material for MkDocs static page generator, hosted for free on GitHub. I currently use it for all my documentation and project websites, and give thanks to the open source community that supports it.