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Peter SchorschNovember 20, 2018

The ongoing regulatory battle surrounding bike sharing just ratcheted up a notch. New lobbying registrations show Bird Scooters, the first electric scooter sharing company in the world, inked a deal with mega-lobbying firm Ballard Partners while competing dockless bike company Lime has retained Capital City Consulting and Skip has signed on with Southern Strategy Group. The industry […]

Drew WilsonNovember 19, 2018

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney’s diverse client sheet helped the 10-member firm rake in an estimated $685,000 last quarter according to newly filed lobbying compensation reports. The Q3 team of Ivette O’Doski, Keith Arnold, Brett Bacot, Marnie George, Michael Harrell, Paul Hawkes, Jim Magill, Kimberly McGlynn, Timothy Stanfield and Mac Stipanovich juggled the needs of 53 […]

Drew WilsonNovember 19, 2018

Lobbying shop Capital City Consulting posted another banner report for the third quarter of the year, reeling well over $2 million between their legislative and executive branch efforts. Lobby firms report their quarterly compensation numbers in ranges covering $10,000 increments up to $50,000. Using the middle number for each of the firm’s clients shows the […]

Drew WilsonNovember 19, 2018

New compensation reports show top-flight lobbying firm The Rubin Group earned an estimated $1.75 million in pay from their legislative and executive clients in the third quarter of 2018. The team at The Rubin Group collected $811,000 of that sum from its 89 legislative clients, with an estimated $941,000 more flowing in via its 97 […]

Drew WilsonNovember 19, 2018

New compensation reports show the influencers at Anfield Consulting earned an estimated $555,000 in pay from their 40-odd legislative and executive clients in the third quarter. The quadriga helmed by Albert Balido reeled marked down $415,000 of those receipts on its legislative lobbying report, with an estimated $140,000 flowing in via executive branch efforts. Though […]

Drew WilsonNovember 19, 2018

Newly filed compensation reports show Smith Bryan & Myers hit the million-dollar mark right on the nose during the third quarter of 2018. Named partner Matt Bryan was joined by David Daniel, Thomas Griffin, Jeff Hartley, Lisa Hurley, Jim Naff, and Teye Reeves and handled the needs of nearly 90 clients before the House, Senate, Governor and Cabinet […]

Drew WilsonNovember 19, 2018

Based on median earnings estimates, The Advocacy Group at Cardenas Partners (TAG) was just shy of collecting $1 million in lobbying fees for the reporting period covering July through September. The five-member lobby corps showed a nearly even split between legislative and executive lobbying receipts — $470,000 of the Q3 cash was marked down on […]

Drew WilsonNovember 6, 2018

Florida voters had to fight back some “ballot fatigue” Tuesday, with no less than a dozen amendments following the razzle dazzle races for Governor and U.S. Senate getting people to the polls in record numbers for a midterm election. Some of those amendments have hogged the spotlight, none more so than Amendment 4, which would […]

Staff ReportsOctober 17, 2018

AshBritt Environmental, a “rapid-response disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor” in Deerfield Beach, has hired Ballard Partners‘ namesake Brian Ballard and its Christina Daly Brodeur. Veteran influencer Ron Book also remains the company’s lobbyist, according to lobbying registration records accessed Wednesday. Daly Brodeur, formerly Secretary of Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice under Gov. Rick Scott, joined Ballard’s firm last month. The […]

Peter SchorschOctober 3, 2018

Nigeria’s People’s Democratic Party signed a $1.1 million per year contract with the Washington D.C. branch of Ballard Partners last month, adding to the Tallahassee-based lobbying group’s expansive roster of foreign clients since it expanded to the nation’s capital. The contract, worth $90,000 a month, went into effect on Sept. 21. The deal will see […]

Tag: lobbying

Lobby up: Scooter skirmish hits Sunshine State

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney nets $685K in Q3

Capital City Consulting rakes in $2.5M in third quarter earnings

The Rubin Group earns $1.75M in Q3 compensation

Anfield Consulting clears $550K in newly filed compensation reports

Smith Bryan & Myers cracks $1M in third quarter earnings

The Advocacy Group earns $945K in Q3 lobbying pay

Ballot B-Sides: Voters approve Amendments 7, 10, 11 and 12

Lobby Up: Hurricane cleanup firm AshBritt Environmental hires Ballard Partners

Nigerian political party retains Ballard Partners