Pre-lobbying may be gap in law
Saturday, April 28th, 2007
By Chris Fitzsimon
Former lawmaker just a liaison until waiting period ends Mark Johnson, The Charlotte Observer RALEIGH - North Carolina’s new lobbying law says legislators must wait six months after leaving office before they can become a lobbyist, which raises this question: What is former Rep. Wilma Sherrill doing?
The answer is: Following the law, which some reformers say reveals a gap in it.
Sherrill, a Buncombe County Republican, did not seek re-election last fall and left office Dec. 31. Now she is working as a liaison between UNC-Asheville and, among others, the General Assembly.
Sherrill said she’s not a lobbyist and is not getting paid, but the university plans to start paying her July 1 — six months after she left office. (more…)
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