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HERALD-LEADER: "ETHICS REFORM SORELY NEEDED"

The Lexington Herald-Leader is correctly calling on the Kentucky Legislature to pass real ethics reform.  In an editorial published on Sunday, April 13, 2008, the Herald-Leader declares that ethics reform is “sorely needed” and calls on the State Senate to extend ethics reform so that it applies to the legislature.

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According to the Herald-Leader on Sunday, April 13, 2008:

“Republicans say there's no need to include the legislature in the prohibition since the executive branch awards contracts and grants. But bidders for state business also have an interest in the budget, which is the legislature's domain, and the legislature has on occasion tailored an appropriation for a particular vendor, such as in 2006 when $1.3 million was tagged to buy a specific company's educational software.

“So it's reasonable to include the legislature in the ban -- if Senate Republicans are interested in anything more than a political gambit.”

“We'll cheer when Kentucky bans ‘pay to play.’ The other ethics reforms are also needed, especially more independence for the executive branch ethics commission. If the Senate's insistence on having its way kills the whole package, blame the Republicans.”


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