Representative Jack Goodman, R-Mount Vernon, who is vying for the 29th District Senate seat left vacant by the death of Larry Gene Taylor, must have needed a seltzer after his excruciating Jan. 10 in our state capital.
Missouri Ethics Commission records indicate Goodman accepted $469.31 in meals, food, and beverage that day from three health industry lobbyists. Goodman, of course, was in lockstep with his party (and the lobbyists) in voting for so-called tort reform to curb lawsuits against health providers.
According to the disclosure form, Goodman received $156.44 for meals, food and beverage from former State Representative Jerry Burch (D-Walker) representing the Missouri Hospital Association. He also received $156.43 worth of meals, food and beverage from another MHA lobbyist, Francis Flotron; and made it a clean sweep with $156.44 from Kathryn Ann Harness. Metro St. Louis lobbyist, again for meals, food and beverage.
That one-day eating (or beverage) spree by Goodman accounted for more than one-third of the money Goodman has received through the first nine months of 2005. Ethics Commission records indicate he has accepted $1,270.22, ranking him among the top 10 percent among state representatives.
Among those giving gifts to Goodman were:
-Scott Swain, lobbyist for Missouri Energy Group and CenturyTel, paid $25 for entertainment and $12 for meals, food and beverage Jan. 19.
-L. Kent Gaines, lobbyist for Monsanto and the Kansas City Chiefs, gave $100 for entertainment and $125 for travel on March 5.
-Flotron paid for a $51 meal on April 6, and added another for $34.40 two weeks later.
1 comment:
$469.31 for one meal for one person?
I guess my income level is showing when I say that I can't even begin to imagine spending that much.
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