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Loophole conceals lobbyists’ agendas when wining & dining
Georgia’s ethics enforcers ask lobbyists to reveal who’s really paying whenever they wine and dine legislators. But the State Ethics Commission, acknowledging that the law does not require that information, has dropped charges against lobbyist Raymon White for failing to disclose it. The upshot? Unless the Legislature fixes the loophole, Georgia’s 1,600 lobbyists won’t have to reveal who’s really paying for a lawmaker’s fancy meal or skybox seats. Read my piece in today’s AJC.
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One Response to “Loophole conceals lobbyists’ agendas when wining & dining”
Nice job on the lobbyists story. We need to get the names and faces of lobbyists out in public view. These people like to work in the dark. I’d be interested to know how many currently registered lobbyists are former legislators or top state officials. What ever happened to Perdue’s bill to require a time limit between working for state government and being able to register as a lobbyist? Died in committee? Lobbying seems to fall to family members of legislators and capitol workers, too. Rusty Kidd-Culver Kidd and Mo Thrash-Elmo Thrash (former longtime House messenger). The more people know about the lobbying culture, the better.