Legan appointed to Missouri Ethics Commission

Former Missouri Representative Ken Legan, R-Halfway, Gov. Matt Blunt's latest appointment to the Missouri Ethics Commission, should be able to offer some insight into how political games are played.
After all, during his last years in the State House, Legan showed an affinity toward using lobbyists as sources for campaign money and basketball tickets.
According to his April 2002 disclosure report filed with the Ethics Commission, Legan received $2,100 that can be traced to lobbyists, including:

-$550 from Richard McIntosh, lobbyist at that time for a number of interests, including several from St. Louis, plus Edison Schools.

-$50 from Allen James Snider, lobbyist for the University of Missouri

-$1,500 in six $250 installments received on the same day from clients of the powerful lobbying firm of Gamble and Schlemeier. Contributing were: MORESPAC, Missouri Freight Railroad PAC, Missouri Vocational Association PAC, Rural Telecommunications PAC, Missouri Dental PAC, and Missouri Pharmacy PAC.

An examination of lobbyist disclosure forms during Legan's last year in the House, 2002, shows he received $1,485.02 worth of gifts including $760.96 after the regular session concluded.

His gifts included nine from William Gamble of Gamble and Schlemeier, a $327 meal from Ann Brand of St. Louis Community College, $250 described as honorariums from Daniel Landon of the Missouri Hospital Association. On Sept. 11, 2002, according to the Ethics Commission documents, Legan was the beneficiary of three charges of $101.24 each for "meals, food, and beverage" from lobbyists Leslie Holloway of Missouri Farm Bureau, Jim Russell of Mo-Ag Industries Council, and Doug Galloway of Sprint.

Oddly enough, he received two more meals, each with that exact total, $101.24, on Oct 1 from Scott Marrs, representing the city of Springfield, and on Oct. 10, from Russell, again representing Mo-Ag Industries Council.

Legan also received $50 worth of basketball tickets to an MU-Oklahoma State game on Feb. 25, 2002, from Allen James Snider.

Legan was the recipient of many more basketball tickets from Snider in 2001, according to Ethics Commission documents. Legan received $50 worth on Jan. 2, $100 worth on Jan. 13, $50 worth on Feb. 7, $50 worth on Feb. 14, and $25 worth on Feb. 19, for a total of $275.