Day: December 27, 2009

Why should Yorktown pay $1,500 a month for lobbyists when Delaware County pays $50,000 a year?

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 27, 2009
Categories In Indiana

That’s what this Muncie Star Press editorial asks.

New Massachusetts ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance laws for 2010

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 27, 2009
Categories In Mass.

Over the course of the year I’ve posted a number of stories about new ethics, lobbying, and campaign finance proposals in Massachusetts. Some of the state’s new law is set to go into effect on January 1, 2010. The campaign finance law forces new disclosures of spending on issue ads and acceptance of big donations […]

The Times remembers superlobbyist Anne Wexler

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date December 27, 2009
Categories In LDA

The Times remembers Anne Wexler in this piece, part of a package of notable obituaries for 2009. The day after Reagan took office, Anne Wexler officially opened her own lobbying shop. Washington was never the same. Up to that point, the lobbying business was primarily divided by partisan boundaries; Democratic firms had access to Democratic […]