Everything I hear, Meeks is serious, but let’s be clear–he can’t win. There is no way. Cutting a deal is his best shot, it’s just unclear if Blagojevich will think it’s his Sister Soulja moment horribly confusing the situations.
My solution is to ban all outside travel and limit it to taxpayer paid travel, out of the campaign fund, or personal expenses. Provide a larger budget for each Member–as Sweet points out, Congressional travel is important in many respects, and then file all taxpayer paid trips on-line with itemized receipts besides per diem. Voters can then decide what is reasonable and what is not. The problem with the non-profit travel is that it’s a great way to funnel money and hide it–it’s the point of what happened with the golfing trip to Scotland.
Chambers (because I’ve been neglecting my rounds to the RR)—
Mocking. Posturing. Blaming. The state is no closer to a comprehensive statewide infrastructure improvement plan. This is your government at work.