Ethics opinions posted
Although the one I'm looking for doesn't appear to be posted, the State Ethics Commission has posted several ethics opinions on its website. They are broken down into Ethics, Lobbying, and Legislative Ethics Committee Opinions.
On first blush, it's interesting to see what folks have been asking about, including "Use of Legislative Postage and Stationery to Send Communications upon the Occurrence of a Significant Event, Letter to Newly-Registered Voters, and Holiday Greetings" and "International Study Trip & the "Educational Meeting" Gift Ban Exception."
The posted opinions have been scrubbed of identifying information, but I bet you folks out in the blogsphere can take some pretty good swings at who was asking what. Let me know in the comments link below.
Update (12/31/07): We had some server trouble over the weekend (forgot to spray for gremlins) so some comments didn't get posted. One that was left here came from Chris who wrote:
I'd venture a guess that the liaison opinion was for former Rep. Wilma Sherrill who became the "liaison" for UNC-Asheville soon after retiring "for health reasons."So if you work for government you're a liaison, but if you work for the private or non-profit sector, you're a lobbyist. What a crock.
I suspect is guess is dead on. Any others out there?