But it's easy to understand why. It's a lot easier to kill a bill by referring it to a committee where the chair won't let it be heard. Gorin also speculated that pressure from energy industry lobbyists was partly responsible for the demise of the bills. I don't think they want the public to see how much they spend trying to influence our lawmakers in Cheyenne. Under our current sorry excuse for a lobbyist reporting law, most lobbyists report nothing.
Every interest has the right to participate in elections and public policymaking.
However, the public has the right to know what special interests are spending and on which candidates and elected officials.