The WSJ examines Major League Baseball’s practice of offering lawmakers and officials a chance to buy hard-to-get game tickets. The league has sold about 75 World Series tickets to a total of 15 lawmakers or aides in the past week, according to Pat Courtney, a spokesman for Major League Baseball. Mr. Courtney declined to identify […]
Month: November 2009
The most important election results yesterday you probably hadn’t heard about?
Yesterday in Pennsylvania control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was determined in an election between Jack Panella and Joan Orie Melvin. Joan Orie Mevlin (Republican) won. The election law angle? The Philadelphia Inquirer explains: In practical partisan terms, the winner of Tuesday’s election will determine the court’s majority. And at redistricting time, the majority gets […]
Edelman gets digital grassroots advocacy firm
The Post reports that Edelman will buy Grassroots Enterprise. The acquisition reflects the evolution of public relations from mass communication to director communication to — and from — consumers and constituents.