Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Oops, what I meant was...

Senate Bill 76, by Sen. Jay Dardenne, R-Baton Rouge, includes the following explanation:

"Requires elected officials and their family members and businesses to report any disaster contracts and make the reporting an ethics code violation."

OK, a lawmaker has to report a disaster contract -- but reporting it is a violation?

It's not a big thing -- lawmakers can fix it with a fairly simple amendment. Maybe that's what happens with big issues in short sessions.