Florida taxpayer-funded lobbying
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The agenda being lobbied for in these cases are not decided by taxpayers, whose money is used for the practice. This means the outcomes of lobbying can be opposed to the constituents' benefit.
For the first six months of 2009:
- 44 Florida cities are actively lobbying. The expenditures of these cities for 2009 total $2,001,630 for the first two quarters of 2009.[1]
- 24 out of 70 Florida counties are actively lobbying. The expenditures of these counties total $1,817,500 for the first two quarters of 2009.[1]
- There are also two boards of commissioners actively lobbying. The Nassau Board of County Commissioners has spent $37,500 in the first two quarters of 2009, and the Brevard County Commissioners have spent $100,000 in the same period of time. [1]
- 27 out of 67 Florida school districts have registered lobbyists.[2] The total available information shows the districts have spent $1,257,585.12, but this is with incomplete information.
These also are not exhaustive accounts of lobbying, as taxpayer-funded lobbying is particularly difficult to track.
[edit] Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations
The following is a list of Florida taxpayer-funded lobbying associations by type:
[edit] City and municipal
- Florida League of Cities
- Broward League of Cities
- Gold Coast League of Cities
- Miami-Dade League of Cities
- Palm Beach County League of Cities
[edit] County
[edit] Health care
[edit] Housing
[edit] School
- Florida School Finance Officers Association, Inc.
- Florida School Boards Association
- Florida School Board Attorneys Association
- Florida Association of Community Colleges
- Florida Association of District School Superintendents
- Florida Association of School Administrators
- Florida Association of School Personnel Administrators
- Small School District Council Consortium
[edit] Other
[edit] See also
- Taxpayer-funded lobbying
- Back to School: Florida school districts lobbying report
- Florida school districts lobbying, 2009
- Sunshine Review's Florida Back-to-School project
[edit] References
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