And there's always the suspicion that too many lobbyists mill around Legislative Hall and are up to no good. Of course, there always will be people who lack rectitude and legislators who take junkets. But most don't. The citizen legislators who attend meetings like the National Conference of State Legislators or the Council of State Governments, at taxpayer expense, generally return with a lot of good information gleaned from other state representatives or the experts who speak at such gatherings. As for lobbyists, they do provide valuable information.
Few lobbyists offer outright untruths.
If they did, they would not be in the lobbying business for long. But they do slant the information they distribute. Legislators know this. Without lobbyists, national meetings and the professional staffs at national organizations, Delaware's lawmakers would have to employ much larger staffs themselves. The cost would be significant.