June 16, 2008 - 9:08am
Reporting more gifts form lobbyists won’t help if they don’t report them
By Wally EdgeSen. Jeff Piccola has been trying to get a measure passed that would require state legislators to report all gifts over $10. While the bill isn’t likely to see the light of day, the question is would it matter even if it passed. According a recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, more than a dozen legislators didn’t report gifts they received last year.
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