When are speaking fees the same as royalties?
When reported on Huckabee’s ethics filings.
Leslie Newell Peacock
Updated: 1/24/2008

MAKING MUSIC PAY: Mike Huckabee's advocacy for more music education helped land a $40,000 consulting fee in 2007.

Speaking fees and a salary of $40,000 from a communications business he created to manage his book sales were not disclosed on former Gov. Mike Huckabee's statement of financial interest filed February 2007 with the Secretary of State. The former governor reported only that he received income greater than $12,500 from his state job, dividends and “book royaltiesâ€