A dinner for the criminal justice reform task force tonight at a fancy steakhouse won't go on the sponsoring lobbyist's tab, Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson says.
It wouldn't be a legislative session without a lobbyist whipping out a credit card. This may be a short special session but at least one credit card is at the ready.
You heard it here first and the state Ethics Commission heard it in an explanation Friday: the laughingly described "ethics reform" legislation of the 2015 session merely all but guarantees that taking a free gift and filling out an erroneous campaign report will be just about impossible to punish.