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State governments can be lobbied by groups which represent other governments within the state, such as a city authority; for example, the cities of Tallahassee [24] and St. Petersburg [25] lobbied the Florida legislature using paid lobbyists to represent the city's interests. There is lobbying activity at the county [26] and municipal levels ...
Taxpayer-funded lobbying by local political subdivisions can take two main forms: direct and association. [12] [13] [14] In the first type, local political subdivisions of the state, such as, cities, counties, and school districts, use public funds to contract directly with a lobbyist to lobby on their behalf at the state or federal legislature.
The commission voted 6-0 to dismiss a GOP complaint that McKee violated the state's $25 gift limit when he left a lobbyist to pay for his share of a $228 lunch with the top executives of Scout Ltd ...
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Full public disclosure of lobbying activity. Requires lobbyist disclosure filings to be filed twice as often, by decreasing the time between filing from semi-annual to quarterly. Requires lobbyist disclosures in both the Senate and House to be filed electronically and requires creation of a public searchable Internet database of such information.
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Direct lobbying is different from grassroots lobbying, a process that uses direct communication with the general public, who in turn, contacts and influences the government. [7] Washington, D.C. is the home to many firms that employ these strategies, with 11,140 registered lobbyists currently residing in the area. [8]
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