[Mr. Jeeves]

"If we made an exception for everybody that showed up in the legislature, before long the integrity of the entire franchise system is in peril.”

Translation: " We bought and paid for our monopoly, and our Legislators are going to stay bought if they know what's good for them."

[GeronL]

If we made an exception for everybody that showed up in the legislature, before long the integrity of the entire franchise system is in peril.”

hahaha

Bo Pilgrim walked up and down the aisle handing out money to legislators as they voted on a bill that would affect his business.

integrity?

[dragnet2]

Sounds like something a union would do.