Utah gots its “report card” from the Center for Public Integrity on the state’s campaign finance rules. “We have a ways to go, especially for a state that prides itself on personal integrity,” said Kirk Jowers, director of the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics, who also heads Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.’s special public […]
Month: June 2009
Use of State Planes
Florida CFO Alex Sink ordered an audit of her use of state planes, according to this report. Sink has occasionally also used a state plane to pick up or drop off a family member, although she reimbursed the state for the cost of the flights. She once had the plane drop her off in Fort […]
MSRB and Broker Dealers’ Contributions
The WSJ printed a compliance watch last week on a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board proposal to regulate broker dealers’ contributions to bond campaigns on the ballot. Current MSRB rules on contributions don’t address bond ballot campaigns at all – just contributions to individuals’ political campaigns. Broker dealers and the financial professionals they employ aren’t barred […]