As Mary Beth Schneider pointed out in her article (“On the table: ethics reform at Statehouse,” Oct. 28), the 2010 legislature may consider requiring lawmakers to report gifts worth more than $50 from lobbyists. Let’s get real. These “gifts” are out-and-out bribes and should not be allowed in any form.

Let the legislators go to their constituents to ask what they want from the state legislature, and not allow a few moneyed individuals, businesses and others all over Indiana who wish to gain profit from our elected officials.

When we as voters support an individual to represent us at the state level, that person should be honored by the trust we place in him or her. But is seems that many want only a steppingstone for a more lucrative position as a lobbyist after “representing” us for two years.

Thank you to the representatives who work hard for all of us.

Charles Case

Fishers