Comments on: Texas, Politics: CREW Files Ethics Complaint Against Sam Johnson (R-Dallas) http://politics.fyreplace.com/2006/03/01/texas-politics-crew-files-ethics-complaint-against-sam-johnson-r-dallas/ Progressive Politics With a Twist Wed, 05 May 2010 15:15:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Craig Crosby http://politics.fyreplace.com/2006/03/01/texas-politics-crew-files-ethics-complaint-against-sam-johnson-r-dallas/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Craig Crosby Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:57:08 +0000 http://politics.fyreplace.com/2006/03/01/texas-politics-crew-files-ethics-complaint-against-sam-johnson-r-dallas/#comment-54 I used to work for American Express Financial Advisors, who had a similar policy (we could not act as brokers for persons for whom we were not paid advisors). Accepting the loan, by Sen. Santorum, was in effect the gift of the cost of the service he was not paying for, and that is otherwise required by members of the public. Hence the violation. Sam Johnson is a piece of work. He is referenced prominently by Molly Ivens in her 2003 book, "Bushwacked." I used to work for American Express Financial Advisors, who had a similar policy (we could not act as brokers for persons for whom we were not paid advisors). Accepting the loan, by Sen. Santorum, was in effect the gift of the cost of the service he was not paying for, and that is otherwise required by members of the public. Hence the violation.

Sam Johnson is a piece of work. He is referenced prominently by Molly Ivens in her 2003 book, “Bushwacked.”

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