The Las Vegas Sun covers lobbying in Clark County, Nevada. On more than 170 occasions this year, lobbyists failed to file disclosure forms when they visited Clark County commissioners, leaving the public in the dark about what issues they were pushing and on whose behalf. The failures expose flaws in the disclosure policy — and […]
Day: July 16, 2008
More Guidance?
In order to accommodate the thousands of new filers who are required to participate in the LD203 disclosure process, we are developing additional guidance that we plan to release in the beginning of this week. This guidance will provide clarification and will assist new filers in the completion of the LD203 form. As of this […]
Fine for Dry Cleaning
State Sen. Mike Jackson took his campaign contributors to the cleaners, almost literally. In a July 2 order, the Texas Ethics Commission penalized Jackson, R-La Porte, for spending $236.51 in campaign money to pay for dry cleaning in Austin. Jackson reported the expenditures voluntarily on his January 2006, July 2006 and July 2007 campaign finance […]