I don't know what else I need to do. Yet, he later told Spotlight he had no interest in the company. In any case, the senator believes he doesn't have to disclose the temp agency or the seven other businesses at his company's Augusta address. He thinks it's enough to disclose his company, the Walker Group, which he describes as management consultants. But Georgia law thinks so, too.
Disclosure is critical to the integrity of the decision-making process.
The public has no other reliable way of knowing about potential conflict. In the case of Grady, the Legislature is conducting public business in several ways. Legislators help set Medicaid payment rates. And now, a bill to create a Grady oversight committee is moving through the General Assembly. Rep. Larry Walker initially said he didn't disclose Archive America of Georgia because his stake didn't hit the 10 percent threshold in the law.