Good post (as usual) on Young Philly Politics today on Brady's petitions.
It comes from Rep. Mark Cohen's blog. And in it, he reveals the provenance of "governmentally mandated benefits" -- which is the most recent excuse for Brady's omission of his city pension from his financial disclosure. Cohen says it means -- welfare, basically. Or unemployment compensation or workers' comp.
Go read Cohen's post -- it's fascinating. An excerpt:
"What one's important relevant experiences are depends on the issues of the day. For the next several weeks, I suppose my most relevant legislative achievement is this: I invented the term "governmentally mandated benefits" and convinced the House to stick it in the Ethics Code.
"This all took place in 1989 ... it was clear that ... some other Republicans were substantially motivated by a desire to keep recipients of such benefits out of public office to the degree possible."
And he goes on to talk about the imbalance of paperwork vs. real ethics.
By the way, here's an interesting document: We've scanned in Brady's amended disclosure. It's not easy to read, but if you'd like to, it's here.