Give a gift to a Florida lawmaker, and get away scot-free
January 26, 2009 at 3:13 pm by Wayne GarciaI’m pretty sure that this will not result in any indictments or Florida Commission on Ethics probes, so it seems safe to have a little fun at a new Facebook app, Lawmaker Gift Application.
The brainchild of Tallahassee-based public affairs guy John Fleming, the app lets you buy lunch or send a small gift to lawmakers. No tricky lobbyist disclosure forms to fill out; just gift away.
Of course, you have to go out and find yourself some lawmakers, since they aren’t on the app page and have to be in your Friends List. Two who are on FB: Charlie Justice and Dave Aronberg.
My one suggestion? How about some realllllly big gifts, wildly inappropriate Abramoff-style stuff. Golf outings. Expensive Scotch. Cuban cigars. A US Senatorship from Illinois …
