Good column by blogger Ian Lind this morning on discrepancies between what lawmakers and lobbyists report about gifts. A quick scan, Lind writes, shows that lobbyists are coming up short on their reports.

He takes a look at the disclosure filed by House Speaker Calvin Say, and matches it up with one from the Chamber of Commerce: 

Right away, I noticed the list of gifts from the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii valued at $205 during the latter half of 2011, and $70 this year.

There’s nothing improper about those gifts, but several exceeded the threshold for itemized disclosure by the lobbyist or the client.

So I jumped over to the Chamber’s report of lobbying expenses from May 1-December 31, 2011. The gifts to the speaker valued at $25 or more, or with an aggregate value of $150 or more, should have been itemized, but the Chamber failed to report them. No itemized gifts during the January-February 2012 reporting period, either.

And there’s more. Read the full story.