I know that Ridsdale carries questionable baggage from the past BUTLets not forget if the Riddler hadnt come in when he did, we may not of had this opportunity to be having this debate, we could well have been sunk without trace.
There is no doubt that Brent knows what he is doing, he also knows that in the interim he feels that the Riddler with his contacts can firefight our way out of the basement to a period of stability.
History will prove who was right.