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Thanks to Steve Harrelson's Under the Dome blog for this: An Alabama legislator is suing because he didn't get free tickets to the Alabama-Auburn game.

Posted by Max Brantley on November 28, 2007 11:28 AM |

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In a long-standing custom, each legislator receives two tickets to the Auburn-Alabama game each year, along with parking passes.

--The Huntsville Times

I think if we had fewer of these long-standing customs--where legislators and their "constituents" swap money and influence back and forth--more of us would feel better represented.

I guess it's always been that way.

Posted by: hugh mann [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 28, 2007 12:02 PM

Does Oaklawn still distribute free passes? Those were the most coveted things, even more than an apartment in the Capitol View. And they were only worth $1. About the same as each covetous legislator.

Posted by: 70%er [TypeKey Profile Page] | November 28, 2007 12:22 PM

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