Remember how the Legislature was going to pass ethics reforms after they got that big scare in the last election for their chronic slimy behavior?

Remember how nothing much happened and what rules that were passed didn't change much — or might even have been a step backwards?

If you are thinking, "Thank Buddha we have the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission to Strengthen Democracy and Other Good Stuff to unravel the state's ethics hairball"— I've got bad news. The Legislature is blocking the Huntsman-anointed GBRCSDOGS from offering any recommendations on ethics reform.

KCPW reports that state House Speaker Dave Clark has decreed the Legislature is where ethical reform should begin (and quickly end). In classic jibber jabber, Clark blathers:

Because the commission isn't working on it doesn't mean that the efforts, and that the legislative process, which includes a very important public component and comment period, isn't going forward. We're just saying that we're going to do this in the manner in which we typically do legislation. We're going to bring that forth and we're going to continue to work on these efforts.

In other words, don't expect ethics reform in this century.