Yet Another Wal-Mart Scandal!!!

And this one involves a Republican politician who's a great big Democratic target: Governor Robert Ehrlich of Maryland.  Our friends at Wal-Mart Watch have done the legwork here:

Wal-Mart Watch continues to commend the Maryland legislature for recently passing this bill that would compel Wal-Mart to increase its health care spending for its more than 10,000 employees in that state.  But Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich has threatened to veto the bill, saying that protecting the retail giant trumps the health care concerns of his constituents.

Because Ehrlich is the beneficiary of political donations from Wal-Mart, including a $1,000 per-person Annapolis fundraiser hosted by Wal-Mart in December 2004 and a campaign donation in January 2005 reported the day the legislative session began, Wal-Mart Watch today calls upon Governor Ehrlich to return those donations.  

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While the Annopolis fundraiser is certainly a disturbing conflict of interest, the January 2005 $4000 campaign donation that Wal-Mart Watch found is potentially more interesting because in Maryland:

Contributions may not be solicited, accepted, or deposited by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller, a member of the General Assembly, or a person acting on behalf of any of these individuals, during the Legislative Session, which begins on the second Wednesday in January of each year and continues for 90 days.

§ 13-235 of the Election Law Article

Will somebody please ask Governor Ehrlich exactly when that $4000 check came in?  Anybody know a reporter in Maryland?

JR