Georgia Lawmaker Exploits Loophole In His Own Lobbying Law To Fundraise For ALEC

www.thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/26/3334411/georgia-speaker-alec-letter/
"Last year, Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston (R) wrote an ethics reform law he claimed would completely ban lobbyist gifts to state legislators. But a 2013 fundraising letter he authored took advantage of a loophole by asking for businesses and lobbyists to contribute to a “scholarship fund” to pay expenses for legislators to attend the American Legislative Exchange Council’s (ALEC) pro-corporate conferences."