Monday, October 25, 2010

Attorney General McCollum wanted lobbying request kept secret

http://4closurefraud.org/2010/10/24/shhh-attorney-general-mccollum-wanted-lobbying-request-kept-secret/

To allow lobbying is the ultimate loophole in lunacy.
The "bought to be heard crowd" has infiltrated and corrupted the entire political system rendering all takers, as criminally useless for their paid positioning.
When you only have time to hear some that is paying to be heard, you are no longer ethically representing "The People".
Lobbying should be seen for the bribery that it is!

TALLAHASSEE — Barely a week after he lost the Republican primary for governor, Attorney General Bill McCollum sought legal advice on whether he can lobby the governor’s office and Cabinet — the very people he works with now — after he leaves office in January.

The answer: No.

He’ll have to wait two years before he can collect fees to represent private clients before the state government that has employed him the past four years.

McCollum, whose duties as attorney general include upholding Florida’s open government laws, also wanted his request kept secret. He asked the Commission on Ethics not to reveal his name as the person making the inquiry, but the agency did anyway.

McCollum, 66, still has not endorsed Rick Scott, the man who defeated him in the Republican primary. Yet by his request, McCollum is exploring whether he can lobby the next governor.