In my previous column, I outlined my plan to tackle gaps in Virginia’s statutory constraints on “influence peddling” by elected politicians and government employees required to file financial disclosures. I apologize if this blunt characterization offends, but there is no doubt that influence pedaling is what the public and the press is concerned about in the case of the acceptance by Governor Bob McDonnell and Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli of large financial “gifts” from Star Scientific CEO Johnny Williams.