tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post3827277187918415565..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-43177757884701110142007-03-01T05:59:00.000-05:002007-03-01T05:59:00.000-05:00Excellent idea about the GASI. Good luck trying to get it done.<BR/><BR/>Lobbyists here were regulated by the Sec. of State, until Joe Hogsett tried to make them comply with their own regulations in 1990. It was foolish of him. The legislative leadership, led by Garton and others, notably Mike Phillips and Pat Bauer, immediatetly reacted. <BR/><BR/>They pulled the function away, and set up their own lobbyist (read: "friends") oversight committee.<BR/><BR/>Phillips (a lawyer) just missed going to jail for double-representing some clients. He's now, uh, a member of of the GASI as a lobbyist.<BR/><BR/>Cozy, huh? <BR/><BR/>Thankfully, Garton, Harrison, Richard Miller, and others who pushed this "reform" are gone.<BR/><BR/>But their spirit lives on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com