The mover and shaker of the political party becomes a part of government, raising contributions and then being appointed to boards; it's like a big, enmeshed dysfunctional family.

The last thing you want an open records bill to do is close records.

It's disappointing when someone who is a champion of disclosure and of following the campaign-finance rules violates at least the spirit of them. Of all people, the secretary of state had a responsibility to stop this, not benefit from it.

But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.

Soldiers don't have a lobby or a political party.

You've got the Democratic Party that now depends on more government spending and actual building the dependence on government in order to increase their political party.