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December 27, 2005
How Much for Not Enough? (Answer: $100,000?)
I have mixed responses upon thinking of next week's special ethics session. When it comes right down to it, nearly $20K a day is a lot to spend for legislation that could have passed last session, or last year, or a long time ago. Or, some say, isn't needed at all because it won't change the fact that the "Tennessee Waltz" crimes were against existing law.
Here's what some others said.
It's "better than nothing." -- H. Monroe
"I see nothing that's going to change the business as usual going on at the state Capitol." -- Blake Wylie
"Maybe we can get the lobbyists to pick up the tab." -- Michael Silence
TUES UPDATE: "We don’t do anything the first six weeks we’re there (in regular session)." -- Lt. Gov. John Wilder
"I suspect we're going to have a lot of fighting before we get anything done, just based on what I've heard and seen so far." -- Rep. Gerald McCormick (R-26)
"None of the ethics legislation that's pending would have had any effect on [the Tennessee Waltz] investigation. We have bribery laws on the books, and it's always been illegal to hand over bags of cash." -- Mark Greene, President, TLA
"I feel I've been smacked in the face." -- Gary Marlar
"Morons." -- SayUncle
Government | By joe lance | 10:01 AM