December 07, 2006 07:39 PM UTC

And Don't Let The Door Smack Your...

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• by: Colorado Pols

The Boulder Daily Camera has nothing nice to say about the recent spate of legislators’ resignations to squeak out from under Colorado’s new “ethics in government” law:

Former lawmakers working as lobbyists can earn more money in fewer hours than they ever could in public service. And if that carrot dangles before them while they’re in office, they will be tempted to bite. That’s a conflict of interest, and it can scuttle the concerns of the voting public.

The recent resignations lend credence to suggestions that the cooling-off period, rather than the gift ban, animated the opposition to 41.

So as Joe Stengel and his fellow quitters – Democratic Sen. Dan Grossman and Republican Sen. Ron Teck – amble off to greener pastures, we can be grateful that they’ve admitted their fidelity, which is to something other than the greater public good.

Ouch.