Good for the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission for viewing the dueling coal-plant ad campaigns as lobbying that the public deserves to know more about. The panel, chaired by Wichita attorney Sabrina Standifer, decided Wednesday that the spending on the pro- and anti-plant campaigns should be publicly reported to the state. Standifer pointed to the ongoing legislative review of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s permit denial of new coal plants as reason to count the ads as lobbying. In complying with the commission’s request, though, the campaigners still won’t have to disclose who paid for the ads, just how much was spent.
Posted by Rhonda Holman
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Wow, great ruling! That really helps. NOT! How much did the coal guys have to pay to get this great decision? Report that.
Sabrina Standifer a former DEMOCRAT State Representative from Wichita, and liberal to boot! She walked out of the chamber when the House Chaplain for a day prayed a Christian prayer she didn’t like! Kathleen Sebelius and the liberal establishment have a great friend in Standifer! Open mind no way!
Gotta love those liberals if they can get the NDHs of the world into such a stew.