“To their credit, public officials today are very sensitive to concerns among the citizenry toward their accepting gifts. They want to avoid even the appearance of being influenced.” -- ELEC Executive Director Jeffrey Brindle, who announced yesterday that benefit spending by lobbyists on legislatros has dropped from $163,375 in 1992 to $9,728 in 2009.
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