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Surprise! Legislators vote NOT to ban gifts to legislators
Orange Punch, political blog of the Orange County Register ^ | 5-27-2011 | Mark Landsbaum

Posted on 05/27/2011 10:12:46 AM PDT by landsbaum

Stop the presses! (Yeah, no one’s said that in any newsroom I’ve worked in four decades in the business.)

A major surprise. (Yeah, more sarcasm.)

The Los Angeles Times reports that “California lawmakers kill measure banning gifts to themselves”

And the sun rose in the east . . .

(Excerpt) Read more at orangepunch.ocregister.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: gifts; illegality; influence; legislators

1 posted on 05/27/2011 10:12:48 AM PDT by landsbaum
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To: landsbaum

From Big Ears down to the ‘public screwl’ janitor - nothing but corruption.


2 posted on 05/27/2011 10:44:17 AM PDT by Digger (would have fought on the souths side.)
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