“Committee to Save New York” Spent The Most On Lobbying Albany This Year


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“Committee to Save New York” Spent The Most On Lobbying Albany This Year

by Charles Benson-Hearst

5:01 am, 12/15/2011

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Watch NYPIRG’s Bill Mahoney explain the year’s lobbying spending

in this clip from Capital Tonight.

Tags: class war, Corruption, Jerks, Lobbying, Money, Money Money Money, NYPIRG

Anon

thought NYPIRG guy would look more like this http://soundpolitics.com/Wallingford20070116a.jpg
Candice Benson-Hearst

I think it’s interesting that the new lobbying style seems to be paying in support of a bill instead of paying to kill certain bills. It’s deviously proactive and reminds me a lot of the nation-wide, corporate-run shadow state legislatures known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed