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Gov. Rick Perry vetoes plan for cooling-off period before ex-Harris County workers could lobby old employer
Mon Jun 22 12:57:24 2009 CST
By Lee Ann O'Neal
From the Houston Chronicle's weekend story:
Gov. Rick Perry on Saturday defended his veto of a bill that would have required a waiting period before former Harris County employees could lobby the county, saying a “piecemeal” approach to Texas ethics law isn’t good public policy. ...


Perry’s veto message, issued Friday, cited a state constitutional prohibition on criminal penalties that apply in only one part of the state. Perry said Saturday that “to piecemeal pull out one county, and say we’re going to pass from Austin an ethics bill for this county, is not good public policy.”

For an example of public servants-turned-lobbyists, check out our coverage earlier this year of former Rep. Fred Hill's lobbying work for local governments.
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