According to this Post report, the Poker Players Alliance plans to spend $3 million on a lobbying campaign. The group gets its money from the Interactive Gaming Council, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based trade association for online casinos, as well as from its poker player members.
Month: April 2009
HDTVs for All Under Alabama Ethics Law
Mobile’s Press-Register has this editorial endorsing stronger ethics laws in Alabama. Lobbyists in Alabama can spend up to $250 a day — or more than $90,000 a year — “entertaining” a public official. It’s legal and it’s officially none of the public’s business: The law requires only that lobbyists report if they spend more than […]
Jacob Weisberg Weeding Out Good Lobbyists from Bad
Newsweek features this Jacob Weisberg column apparently faulting President Obama’s lobbyist restrictions for failing to distinguish what Weisberg sees as “good” lobbyists from “bad” lobbyists. The president could deal with Washington sleaze much more effectively through explanation and symbolism. Instead of tying his own hand with counter-productive rules, he could instruct his staff to avoid […]