So did Barnes break the law by influence peddling? How many counts?
GTECH, Barnes terminate contract
By CHIP BROWN / Associated Press
http://texnews.com/texas97/gtech021397.html
Thursday, February 13, 1997
AUSTIN (AP) - Agreeing that former Texas lieutenant governor Ben Barnes had become a lightning rod for questions involving the Texas Lottery, GTECH Corp. announced Wednesday that it was cutting all business ties with Barnes.
Ben Barnes: John Kerry’s Unbelievable Last-Ditch Weapon
By Lowell Ponte
FrontPageMagazine.com | September 8, 2004
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=14993
Kerry Keeping Eye On Big Donors
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2004
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/06/18/politics/main624711.shtml
(CBS) By Beth Lester,
CBS News Political Unit
EXCLUSIVE: The Dirt on Ben Barnes Claims about Bush and the Air National Guard (Part 2)
The Blogspirator ^ | 8/29/04 | adam_az
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1202419/posts
Posted on 08/29/2004 12:37:39 PM CDT by adam_az
Then consider this quote from the September 2001 issue of Texas Monthly [Ben Barnes talking]:
"I'm not really a lobbyist. I don't represent clients day to day on legislation. I'm more of a crisis manager. I get called when people have a big problem in Washington that they can't solve by passing a bill."
Good old Ben was also very smart...known for only taking cash.