Recent lobbying controversies in Massachusetts are the topic of this report from The Boston Herald. “The laws we have now are ineffective because I have almost no enforcement authority,” says Secretary of State William F. Galvin, whose office oversees the state’s lobbying statutes.
Category: Mass.
Code of Ethics or Code of Crime?
Howie Carr’s column in The Herald discusses recent controversies in Massachusetts. Some of my previous posts in the Massachusetts category provide some context.
How Many Mint Juleps?
Kentucky Derby expenses are the focus of this story on Massachusetts lobbying law. Cognos ULC, a software vendor at the center of an ethics controversy on Beacon Hill, paid $13,000 to lobbyist Richard McDonough for expenses he racked up over three days at last year’s Kentucky Derby, leading the secretary of state to ask if […]