AJC: Banks ties to legislature run deep

I don't know that there are any smoking guns unearthed here, but this is the kind of reporting we all ought to be doing, even though it takes time, costs money and doesn't always turn up something sexy:

Thirty-four lawmakers sit on banks' boards of directors and, along with 29 others, own bank stock, according to legislators' financial disclosure statements. Others work for banks, are married to bank executives, or are lawyers who represent banks and other mortgage lenders. In all, an analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows, 73 of 236 legislators are engaged in banking.

And now back to calling police stations in 16 different counties to see if anyone got shot today.