Tag: lobbyist compensation

Jim RosicaJanuary 15, 2016
Screen-Shot-2016-01-15-at-2.08.11-PM-1024x1024.png

4min222
In November a group of legislators reviewing the first-ever audits of lobbying firm income started to wonder why they were doing it. “I don’t understand how the public’s interest is advanced by this exercise,” said state Sen. Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican who sits on the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee. “I just don’t see how this information is relevant” […]

Jim RosicaNovember 2, 2015
tallahassee-lobbyists-Large-1024x1024.jpg

4min372
A panel of state lawmakers going over the first-ever audits of lobbying firm income on Monday started bringing up a common question: Why are we doing this? “I may be an outlier … (but) I don’t understand how the public’s interest is advanced by this exercise,” said state Sen. Rob Bradley, a Fleming Island Republican who sits on the Joint […]

Jim RosicaNovember 2, 2015
florida-budget-rotunda-1024x1024.jpg

2min279
A joint panel of the Florida Legislature will go over the first round of lobbying firm audit reports at its meeting Monday morning. The Joint Legislative Auditing Committee plans to meet, starting at 9:30 a.m. The results of the first-ever audits of lobbyists’ compensation forms were released last month. Auditors found a number of firms either under-reporting […]

Peter SchorschAugust 14, 2015
flcapitol-1024x1024.jpg

4min232
As Southern Strategy Group grows its empire around the country, it continued to post gaudy lobbying figures in Tallahassee: the firm collected an estimated $3.1 million in consulting fees last quarter, according to a compensation report submitted Friday. SSG took in some $2.3 million from 241 legislative lobbying clients and reported $800,000 in fees from […]

Ryan RayAugust 13, 2015
florida-capitol-bw1-1024x1024.jpg

2min276
Bryant Miller Olive‘s lobbying practice took in an estimated $145,000 between April 1 and June 30, according to recently submitted compensation reports. The firm’s Q2 ledger books are skewed toward executive agency lobbying, a rarity among Tallahassee governmental relations firms. Executive lobbying accounted for $95,000 last quarter, the remaining $50,000 coming from work among Florida […]


#FlaPol

Florida Politics is a statewide, new media platform covering campaigns, elections, government, policy, and lobbying in Florida. This platform and all of its content are owned by Extensive Enterprises Media.

Publisher: Peter Schorsch @PeterSchorschFL

Contributors & reporters: Phil Ammann, Drew Dixon, Roseanne Dunkelberger, A.G. Gancarski, William March, Ryan Nicol, Jacob Ogles, Cole Pepper, Jesse Scheckner, Drew Wilson, and Mike Wright.

Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @PeterSchorschFL
Phone: (727) 642-3162
Address: 204 37th Avenue North #182
St. Petersburg, Florida 33704