In a follow-up to this post, Rhode Island AG Patrick Lynch was cleared of improperly accepting a plane ticket. Commission Vice Chairman Ross Cheit said the gift limit did not apply to the plane ticket since the trade association was not regulated in Rhode Island and has no presence in the state.
Day: November 5, 2009
Attorney General Facebook guy
A Facebook executive is pursuing office in California, according to this report. There are 7 million Democrats in California. About 5 million of them will be on Facebook by the time the state elects a new attorney general one year from now. That could be helpful for Facebookâs chief privacy officer, Chris Kelly, who is […]
Lawmakers and officials accept hard to get World Series tickets
The WSJ examines Major League Baseball’s practice of offering lawmakers and officials a chance to buy hard-to-get game tickets. The league has sold about 75 World Series tickets to a total of 15 lawmakers or aides in the past week, according to Pat Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball. Mr. Courtney declined to identify […]