Make it Illegal to Ask for Money at the Same Time You Ask for Advice

   There's more to this bone than the picking of it. I speak of the stories about Gov. Gary Herbert's taking money from lobbyists at the same time he asks them what they would like to see done.
   Don't just pick at Gov. Herbert. Don't just pick at that bone.
   Nooo. If something is wrong, change it. It would seem some legislation should come out of this. If we are saying it is wrong to mix the asking of money with the asking of what you want done -- if that is the underlying reason for the news, in the first place -- then shouldn't a law be fashioned to make such a practice illegal?
   If it is headline news that someone might be doing it, and there doesn't exist a law against it, clearly a law ought to be proposed to clean up the practice. If we can see something is wrong, we should seek to prevent it. That is the purpose for laws: to correct wrongs. So, how about a law? We've got a lot of politicians running for office right now. I wonder if any of them would consider running such a bill.
   We speak of campaign reform. This certainly would be that. And, if proposed, it might be difficult for anyone to vote against it. It simply seems to be a law that ought to be on the books.