chris rants is the speaker of the house in the iowa legistature. just 6 months after they allowed touchplay (slottery machines) in grocery stores and everywhere inbetween, they are going to ban them. wonder why?
wonder no longer:
At 10:30 a.m., Rants fielded questions from reporters about why he went on a golf trip to South Carolina on the eve of the TouchPlay debate with a group that included a casino lobbyist . He paid his own way, but the timing raised eyebrows.
and further down:
Rants bought plenty of that ‘heat’ with a $1,000 check.
That’s how much he loaned to the Iowa Leadership Council, a political “527” group formed to raise money and help conservative candidates in the state. While the council was accepting contributions from the car title loan industry and tobacco companies, Rants was in the speaker’s office blocking bills those groups oppose.
say what you will, but this smacks of corruption. duke cunningham style.
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