Lobbyists getting more specific, careful during age of ethics
Thank you for reporting the one-fifth of grain-based distilled coffee additive. Please include the serial number.
While perusing the State Ethics Commission’s website last night — what, doesn’t everyone do that? — we noticed a new trend among lobbyists who treat lawmakers to a lunch or the occasional Monster Truck event ticket. Not only are the handshake artists spending less on lawmakers’ perks, they’re getting hilariously specific about the gifts.
Here’s perhaps the most glaring example:
Ya know, back in the day, our ancestors had a simple name for fifths of “grain-based coffee additives:” vodka. (Not that we’re suggesting an insurance industry lobbyist gave the good senator from Ochlocknee a bottle of Mr. Boston. We’re just, ya know, being a bunch of rascals.)