Green objects to GOP wedding to old ethical standards - at the reception

Rep. Mark Green's "see no evil" approach to the scandals in politics makes sense now. It seems Green is totally unfamiliar with how the entire legislative process works.

How else to explain Green's call for the passage of SB 1, an ethics reform bill, yesterday? People who want bills passed by the legislature generally make their wishes known before the session is over for the year. At the very least, they make them known when the bills are being debated by one of the chambers of the legislature. Did I miss Green's call to Rep. John Gard to at least schedule SB 1 for a vote after the senate passed it by a wide margin? That would have been the time to speak up if he really wanted the bill passed.

Or as I like to call it, the speak now or forever hold your peace moment.

But perhaps he just doesn't understand how the whole confusing process works. Otherwise, the only conclusion you can come to from his performance yesterday is that Green believes ethics deserves nothing more than political grandstanding.