"Wyo. legislators seek ‘cowboy ethics’ code" by Associated Press | February 24, 2010
CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Some members of the Wyoming Legislature want to instill “cowboy ethics’’ in state law, lest lawmakers and citizens forget the state’s Western roots.
The code would stress the importance of living with courage, keeping promises, finishing what you start, and saying more by talking less.
Based on the “Code of the West’’ outlined in a 2004 book by James Owen, a Wall Street investor from Texas, Senate File 51 passed the Wyoming Senate last week and on Monday won unanimous approval from the House Minerals Committee.
The bill is a symbolic gesture that carries no criminal penalties and is not meant to replace any civil codes.
The full House of Representatives is expected to take up the bill soon.
You guys are PAYING THEM for THIS?
Sponsor Senator Jim Anderson, a Republican, said Owen’s book captured his interest, and he was inspired to introduce the bill after seeing the December premiere of Owen’s related video project, “The Code of the West: Alive and Well in Wyoming.’’
Sigh.
I think that altitude is getting to you.
