Steven Tilley, R-Perryville, chairman of the House Ethics Committee, accepted $200 worth of concert tickets from Ameristar Casino lobbyist William Gamble March 10, according to documents posted today on the Missouri Ethics Commission website.
Tilley's sterling example of ethics has been noted in earlier Turner Report posts.
The majority floor leader received $4,190.08 worth of lobbyists' gifts during 2008, including $1,059.15 in December, as shown in the Jan. 31 Turner Report.
That post also shows that Tilley has a history of allowing the casino interests to foot the bill for his entertainment:
Missouri Ethics Commission documents indicate House Majority Floor Leader Steven Tilley, R-Perryville, brought in the new year with a little help from his friend- Ameristar Casinos lobbyist Jorgen Schlemeier.
Schlemeier paid $1,742.28, $580.76 apiece in "lodging, meals, and entertainment" for Tilley, Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau; and former Speaker of the House Rod Jetton to celebrate the ringing out of the old and the ringing in of the new at Ameristar Casino in Kansas City, the Gamble and Schlemeier client that footed the bill for the excursion, according to the Ethics Commission documents.
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