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Article: Good ideas, wrong tactics by governoron state ethics bill

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September 2, 2008
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We can't deny that Gov. Rod Blagojevich has some good ideas when it comes to curtailing "pay-to-play" politics in Illinois.

He wants a ban on campaign donations by holders of big government contracts to include not just statewide officeholders, but lawmakers, candidates for office and political parties as well. He wants to end the current system by which lawmakers can receive pay raises without having to vote on them. He wants to stop "double dipping" by prohibiting lawmakers from holding other government jobs. And he wants more disclosure of lobbying activities by lawmakers and their spouses.

Great ideas, every one. But in tacking them all onto an ethics bill that was years in the making - ...

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