Rep. Morgan Carroll Calls for Lobbyist Audit
Today’s Rocky Mountain News discusses Rep. Morgan Carroll’s call for an audit of lobbyists:
Rep. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, delivered a letter to the Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday in which she requests “a performance audit on current compliance and enforcement patterns of lobbyists with existing lobbying laws.”Colorado has never done a compliance audit of lobbyists, said Karon Hoover, assistant to the state auditor.
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“While I believe Colorado generally has good compliance with existing laws, we lost significant points on our ‘good government report card’ from the Center for Public Integrity for lack of enforcement,” Carroll wrote in the letter to the secretary of state.
Let’s thank Rep. Carroll for making sure lobbyist play by the rules—and for sponsoring a bill that makes the process more transparent. If the governor signs HB 1149 (or just sits back and lets it become law), lobbyists will have to say who they’re working for, what bills they’re working on, and their stance on legislation. Is that too much to ask? Email Gov. Owens.
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