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Strange but true tale from the world of Texas politics

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged lobbying, Texas on August 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Leave it to Texans for Public Justice to bring us another strange but true tale from the world of Texas lobbyists. A well known Texas lobbyist was recently caught writing himself unauthorized checks out of a client’s political committee. That in and of itself is not strange, wrong, but not strange. The strange part is [...]

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Congressman Pete Sessions ties to indicted financier Stanford includes email saying “I love you”

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Allen Stanford, campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, clean elections texas, Fair Elections, Fair Elections Now Act, lobbying, Madoff, NRCC, Pete Sessions, ponzi scheme, scandal, Stanford Financial on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

What’s the difference between the Pete Sessions / Allen Stanford scandal and Pretty Woman? A: Julia Roberts won’t kiss you– for any amount of money The bubbling scandal over the “mini Madoff”, R. Allen Stanford, and the Ponzi scheme he (allegedly) engineered in his bank, Stanford Financial, continues to percolate and slime everyone he had [...]

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CPS and San Antonio: You can’t both be right…

Posted in Global Warming, tagged Austin, capitol hill, central texas, climate change, climate policy group, coal power, CPS Energy, david spade, eco-friendliness, Global Warming, green jobs, greenhouse gasses, Greg Harman, kilowatt, lobbying, mission verde, Nuclear Power, public utility, San Antonio, san antonio current, sandra pulis, South Texas Project, tommy boy, washington, windtricity on April 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Greg Harman at the San Antonio Current broke this story a few days back and I just feel like we have to comment: As Washington strains under the weight of industry and environmental lobbyists seeking to influence the outcome of what would be our first national climate bill, CPS Energy has been quietly working the [...]

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So You Want to be a Successful Lobbyist?

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged Austin, Campaign Finance, coalition, influence, lobbying, long-term goals, motivators, opposing party, perspective, power mapping, Public Citizen, strategy, successful lobbyists, tactics, Texas Legislature on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s How! Last week we had an intern training session, and many of the tips and tricks of lobbying we learned would be helpful for anyone who would like to get involved in activism. Here are a few things to remember when planning your future as a Successful Lobbyist. First, always remember that lobbying is [...]

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Lobbying for Dummies

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged alliance for a clean texas, lobby day, lobbying on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

If you missed the Alliance for a Clean Texas lobby day last week, you missed out on a great opportunity for some face time with your representatives and their staff members. But that doesn’t mean that your chance to catch your legislator’s attention has passed. Here’s some advice from our lobby day training session for [...]

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