Over the last few years, it has become increasingly difficult to be startled by the daily news. I will admit, however, that when the Texas Tribune recently ran a story suggesting the late Sheldon Adelson had engaged 51 lobbyists in the state over the course of several months, spending millions of dollars in fees to lobby for casino gaming, well… I was taken aback.

That is a lot of people and that is a lot of cake, remembering that when I started in the business you could damn near build a casino for the kind of money that is being thrown at the lobbyists in Texas.