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NATION, Page 33American NotesBANKING"Unsound Practices"
The 1988 collapse of Denver's Silverado Banking, Savings &
Loan Association will cost taxpayers more than $1 billion. Last
week a major figure in that disaster, presidential son Neil Bush,
was judged to have engaged in "unsafe or unsound practices and
breaches of his fiduciary duties involving multiple conflicts of
interest." In making that pronouncement, Timothy Ryan, director
of the Office of Thrift Supervision, ruled that if Bush again
serves as director of a financial institution, he must seek
legal advice on his responsibilities, disclose potential
conflicts of interest and abstain from voting on matters in
which he has a personal stake.
Ryan's action was the mildest penalty that could have been
meted out. But Bush still faces potential trouble. The Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation has brought a $200 million
gross-negligence suit against him and other former Silverado
officials.