Here’s the latest DOJ press release on the latest guilty plea in the agency’s investigation into public corruption in Alaska. Beverly L. Masek, a former elected member of the Alaska House of Representatives, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit bribery, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division announced. The release […]
Day: March 12, 2009
FL: Public Funding Dispute
A debate over public funding in Florida featured intemperate language, according to this report. “People in Florida also voted for the president, who said he would stick with public financing and then failed to keep his word and didn’t honor his word and the public then yawned about it and said ‘It’s not a big […]
Lobbying: Dire State?
Ambinder reports on a drop in registered lobbyists here, noting that Obama has implicitly raised the cost of being an “active” lobbyist by refusing to hire any. I have the distinct feeling this will lead to a decrease in the number of people who call themselves lobbyists, but necessarily a decrease in the amount of […]