Kudos to The Star

Once again, the area's "fourth estate"--our newspaper media, in this case--did what it should do and so well. The Kansas City Star reported today that our legislators down in Jefferson City have been accepting trips--some to foreign countries--without reporting them.

And this is against the law, folks. They should know that.

"Lawmaker trips that lobbyists paid for included such destinations as New York City, Boston, Seattle, San Diego, Montreal and Saskatchewan, Canada, and even Japan."

One of the trips was for two representatives to go to the Masters tournament.

Yeah, like they're doing our work there and then.

If you're with a corporate representative of any kind, and they're taking you on one of these trips, isn't it just assumed there's a quid pro quo, once you're back in the office, especially since you're a legistor.

And don't tell me the answer is no.

These people should be summarily thrown out of office. The article names several of the representatives who took the trips and where they went. And that's just some of them.

So cheers to The Kansas City Star for the reporting.

Jeers to our legislators who've done this.

Cheers also to Jason Kander for helping to push for ethics reform out of the Capital City.

Let's make sure we get it.