The Austin Business Journal reports: TAB President Bill Hammond says the entire case was the result of an accounting error. “Six years of political persecution by Ronnie Earle has come to an end with a misdemeanor over a bookkeeping error,” says Hammond. ” Hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars that could have been used to […]
Month: October 2008
Federal (Government) Lobbying and PACs
If the government takes an interest in a bank or insurance company, what, if any, limitations are or should there be on that company’s lobbying and PAC? This WSJ story touches on these issues. As of this writing, Freddie PAC lives on.
MA: Lobbyist Reports
The Boston Globe reports that a figure allegedly tied to the House Speaker did not file a lobbyist disclosure report. The state attorney general has launched an investigation into the financial dealings of House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi’s personal accountant, according to multiple government officials, in a move that escalates the level of scrutiny of […]