Month: January 2009

Lobbyist for Tarheel Country

The University of North Carolina system named Anita Watkins as their new lobbyist, according to this report. Watkins will serve as the university’s primary liaison to the N.C. General Assembly, the governor’s office and state government agencies. She will also work with Bowles, the UNC Board of Governors and senior staffers to develop policies and […]

President Bush and Campaign Finance’s “New Era”

This Washington Times report describes the “new era” of campaign finance ushered in by President Bush. “President Bush and his team brought the presidential financing system into the 21st century,” said Michael E. Toner, a former Federal Election Commission chairman who was nominated by Mr. Bush. … Mr. Bush’s bundlers, numbering in the hundreds, were […]