Earlier this week, Republican state Assemblyman Michael Duvall resigned after being caught on tape boasting about a sexual affair with a hot blonde lobbyist.
He seems to have been snagged by eye-patch underwear.
How much is the body politic being influenced by sex with lobbyists?
The Los Angeles Times reports:
One longtime Sacramento lobbyist, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of offending lawmakers, acknowledged that sexual relationships sometimes develop, although not many.
More commonly, big lobbying firms hire attractive women.
The legislators are thrilled by the women’s attention at fundraisers and other events, the lobbyist said.
"If there’s a beautiful woman sitting there that’s with you from your firm, you’re going to have at least half of the guys that are legislators come over and initiate conversations with her," the lobbyist said. "She doesn’t have to sleep with them, but it’s just the fact she’s there and she’s nice to them."
Male lawmakers are not the only targets. Former Sen. Sheila Kuehl, a Santa Monica Democrat and California’s first openly lesbian lawmaker, recounted that the National Rifle Assn. once sent a "really good-looking" woman, whom she took to be a lesbian, to lobby her against restrictive gun laws.
