Boundaries

Star Tribune Sun, 18 May 2008 03:04:36 GMT
Senator's TV show puts him on defensive

The DFLer got a deal on an Arctic Cat snowmobile he used on the show, and a union is a program sponsor. He says his votes aren't affected. ... "It smells awful," said David Schultz, an attorney and professor in the Hamline University Graduate School of Management who has studied and written about money in politics. Schultz said: "He has got an intermixing of his professional life, legislation he is introducing, lobbyists and PACs -- and is mixing it in a way that he can't separate those roles out." Chaudhary, who is an attorney and an avid hunter and fisherman, said he does separate his role as legislator from his new career as an outdoors show host. The show, broadcast weekly on The Sportsman Channel, features Chaudhary or guests on hunting, fishing and other trips.

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