The Key Largo Chamber of Commerce is challenging Monroe County’s new lobbyist registration rules, according to this report.
The ordinance is here. Following-up from my talk on Friday at The Grassroots Forum, do you see any exception for Facebook pages or groups organized primarily on Facebook or any other social networking service? I sure don’t.
Registration forms are here.
Meanwhile, here’s a Key Largo inspired musical interlude.
Clickz has the story on a video for Dale Peterson in his race for Alabama agriculture commissioner.
Since uploading a video titled “We’re Better Than That!!!!” Sunday, May 16, his campaign has seen the clip accrue 850,000 YouTube views, while creating a windfall of publicity for the 65-year-old career businessman and sometimes judge for llama breeders shows. Combined with reposts of the video elsewhere, the spot has been viewed by more than 1 million visitors. Malinda Norman, the campaign’s Web manager, said the video was also seeded on the right-leaning blog HotAir.com and gossip site Gawker.com.
The Montgomery Advertiser discusses Alabama’s lobbying rules this morning.