Bruce Wheeler, a former legislator, said Grisham inconsistently served the interests of the public, in particular in the service of Arizona House speaker David Gowan, who had billed Arizona for his own personal and political travels. Tom Ryan, the attorney representing the whistleblower who exposed Horne's improper use of official resources, said Grisham overstepped the boundaries separating official and campaign duties by traveling with Gowan in state cars while he was running for Congress.