Still, he is not known as a legislator's legislator.
"I don't believe it's a legislator's job to determine what people can eat and what they can't eat," he said.
"That's not Charles Perry the legislator's message".
Bad schools are protected by politics: "There's an ed school in every legislator's district, and nobody wants to close ed schools".
The legislator's conclusion, the staff member said, was "There's nothing that proves any perfidy involving the North Koreans".
Another's spouse was a consultant for a program overseen by the legislator's committee.
"The Nevada Supreme Court thought a legislator's vote to be protected speech because voting 'is a core legislative function,' " he wrote, quoting from the lower court's decision.
They are pet grants quietly slipped into major legislation, usually at the last minute, that benefit someone or something in a legislator's district.
It is the legislator's duty to counteract it.
Lieutenant May's lawyer, Christopher Wolf, said the investigation was a personal attack on the legislator's integrity.
As majority leader, Mr. Espada will receive a bonus on top of his regular legislator's salary.
