6/21/2003
A Legislature with its hand out
Lucy Morgan reminds Speaker Byrd and others with only short-term political memory why laws restricting fund-raising is restricted during the session. (Hint: It makes legislature look like a vending machine for lobbyists. Put in your money , they dispense the legislation.)
As the Ft. Pierce Tribune said: The bottom line here is that we have lawmakers who, instead of staying within a vital debate on medical malpractice, are dashing off to campaign fund-raisers. Worse, they are accepting money from doctors and lawyers, the very parties who see themselves as chief stakeholders in the debate of the day. It smacks of inviting bribes.
And,of course, the St. Pete Times.
Morgan also notes that in one of his weird moments of Nixonian self-pity, Byrd says he'll quit fundraising when the St. Petersburg Times gives him free space next to my column.
As the Ft. Pierce Tribune said: The bottom line here is that we have lawmakers who, instead of staying within a vital debate on medical malpractice, are dashing off to campaign fund-raisers. Worse, they are accepting money from doctors and lawyers, the very parties who see themselves as chief stakeholders in the debate of the day. It smacks of inviting bribes.
And,of course, the St. Pete Times.
Morgan also notes that in one of his weird moments of Nixonian self-pity, Byrd says he'll quit fundraising when the St. Petersburg Times gives him free space next to my column.
