Comments on: Richardson’s employees giving to their boss http://sorendayton.com/2007/10/17/richardsons-employees-giving-to-their-boss/ Merely an aggregation of a dispersed life online Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:08:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: neil http://sorendayton.com/2007/10/17/richardsons-employees-giving-to-their-boss/comment-page-1/#comment-531 neil Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:08:38 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/10/17/richardsons-employees-giving-to-their-boss/#comment-531 This is a totally bogus comparison. Yes, it's true that the Governor is on the top of the org chart. But the state employees work for the <i>state</i>. Congressional staff don't work for their congressional district, they work for their Member of Congress and they lose their jobs if s/he's not reelected. But the most bogus part is your lede: if Richardson were still in Congress, the employees of the state would be allowed to donate to him because they wouldn't be his employees, so he wouldn't be violating congressional ethics. This is a totally bogus comparison. Yes, it’s true that the Governor is on the top of the org chart. But the state employees work for the state. Congressional staff don’t work for their congressional district, they work for their Member of Congress and they lose their jobs if s/he’s not reelected.

But the most bogus part is your lede: if Richardson were still in Congress, the employees of the state would be allowed to donate to him because they wouldn’t be his employees, so he wouldn’t be violating congressional ethics.

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