The Times reports that Obama economic adviser Lawrence Summers earned millions of dollars from a hedge fund and Wall Street firms the year before joining the Obama administration. While Mr. Obama campaigned on a pledge to restrict lobbyists from working in the White House, a step intended to reduce any influence between the administration and […]
Month: April 2009
Home Detention, 3 Years Probation, and $3,000 Fine for Trashing Blackberry
According to this Department of Justice press release, lobbyist Cecelia Grimes was sentenced to home detention, three years probation and a $3,000 for destroying evidence in a public corruption case. Evidence presented at the plea hearing revealed that within six days of the FBI’s service of the two grand-jury subpoenas, Grimes placed some documents that […]
Oregon Agriculture Advocate
The Capital Press (The West’s Ag Website) profiles Oregon Farm Bureau lobbyist Katie Fast in this interesting article. Fast believes her role at the Farm Bureau is to serve as an advocate for Oregon’s farmers and a guardian against extremist policies that threaten the ability of farms to operate. “I see farms as part of […]