Posted by Jon Fleischman at 12:00 am on Jun 10, 2006 Comments Off on Earth to Jerry Lewis: Perception Matters
OK – what is wrong with this picture? You are a fat-cat
lobbyist with a prominent lobbying firm, that literally specializes in getting federal funds earmarked for the
clients of the firm. You have an opportunity to take a senior
position for the Chairman of the Committee that his primary
jurisdiction over doling out these earmarks, the Appropriations
Committee. Do you go? Well, what if your firm gives you
a departure bonus of nearly $2 million bucks to make sure you can
maintain a lavish lifestyle while in your paltry $100,000+/year job
with the government?
Well, this appears to have happenned. Congressman Jerry
Lewis (pictured) has a senior staffer working for him who clearly
has a huge conflict of interest. I find it laughable to think
that this lobbying firm wouldn’t receive deferential if not
preferential treatment from their ‘paid lobbyist working at the
committee’.
You have to wonder what Congressman Lewis was thinking when he
allowed this staffer to come onboard with… Read More