“I don’t want a black mark on Cebu’s tourism particularly on Kawasan Falls… So, rather than allow that disaster to happen, we might as well take preemptive action that’s why I had to issue that EO,” she explained.

Source: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/508398/capitol-to-take-over-canyoneering-ops-in-kawasan-as-clearing-to-take-place-soon

It was Gil Garcetti who, after losing the O.J. Simpson trial a few years earlier, might not have wanted another black mark on his office.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2023-03-06/maurice-hastings-system-demands-convictions-more-than-truth