I Heard A Few Legislators Put Chewing Gum Under Their Desks Instead Of Throwing It Away

By Kleinheider Posted on May 5, 2008 at 6:40 pm

The investigative unit over at WSMV is all over rooting out corruption and looking out for the little guy up on Capitol Hill:

“It bothers me as a taxpayer that here we’ve got this room set up to essentially throw a party, have a little party in the middle of the day. We’ve got booze. We’ve got smokes. We’ve got card games. It’s being done on my dime, your time. Taxpayers are paying these people to work,” Johnson said.

Lawmakers are allowed to keep alcohol in their offices, but smoking is prohibited.

The I-Team didn’t get an official invitation to any of the rooms, and when Finley and a photographer went to talk to McCord about what was going on, he declined to comment.

“People are complaining that people are coming in here to smoke,” Finley told McCord.

“OK,” McCord said.

“I’ve got to at least get your reaction to it,” Finley said.

“Sir, you’ve told me what you are working with. Thank you,” McCord said.

“So is this happening? Are people coming in here to smoke?” Finley said.

“Sir, I told you I’d sit down and talk with you, but I don’t want to talk on camera,” McCord said.

“Bottom line, is it’s against state policy to smoke in Legislative Plaza, but it appears people are smoking in your offices,” Finley told McCord.

“I am dipping,” McCord said.

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