Just some recent blogger blurbs about the lack of lobbyist registration requirements in Pennsylvania...
House Members Pushing State House Speaker Perzel On Lobbying Law
Looks like some in Harrisburg are actually trying to force a vote on requiring lobbyists to register.
Pennsylvania is the only state without a lobbyist registration and expenditure reporting law.
And Perzel thinks that's just fine.
Perzel not only stumbling block to reform
An interesting editorial moved today on the AP wire, one week after it was first published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The newspaper called on state House Speaker John Perzel to get the heck out of the way and allow a vote on a lobbyist reform bill.
In a state with no lobbying laws, can you imagine the pressure on the legislators to pass amendments to Act 71? Each investment group for the proposed casinos is lobbying for its own set of amendments. Pressure? The pressure is on them because they haven’t passed the amendments. They stand to lose a good bit of money if they don’t. After all, they are permitted to own a 1% share in a casino, and IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MADE PUBLIC!
Pressure.