Utah Republicans to 'date' lobbyists

[Judi Lynn]

Utah Republicans to 'date' lobbyists
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Utah Republicans are at odds over a new fundraising scheme that allows lobbyists to pay to meet state house members in what's being called a "speed date."

Speed dating is a concept in which people pay to spend a five minutes apiece chatting one at a time with a series of people.

The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Utah House Republican Caucus has organized a similar event on Jan. 5, but featuring Republican state representatives and lobbyists.
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Rep. Kory Holdaway called the event "absurd" and said "payment for access" isn't the right way to go about raising cash.
Tony Musci of Common Cause, a politician watchdog group, called the event "unseemly" but not surprising.
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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20051130-040449-9018r

[Scurrilous]

1. The only ones...

...getting fucked after these 'dates' are the taxpayers.

[tanyev]

2. Prostitution or politics? Po-tay-to/po-tah-to.

[stepnw1f]

3. Republicans are Corporate Lobbyists

in my opinion.

[bleedingheart]

4. Polygalobbying......

;-)

[WhiteTara]

5. wow. Stated pay to play

Isn't that sort of non democratic? I mean what happened to the idea of open government that anyone can see their congress critter?

[daleo]

6. They should just open up a whore house next door

Or maybe there is some empty space in the state house.

[Javaman]

7. Pigs