• YouTube
  • Find us on the web:

Maryland taxpayer-funded lobbying

Contents

Taxpayer-funded lobbying is government to government lobbying. Counties, cities, school districts, public facilities, and associations of public employees frequently use public funds to influence legislation and appropriations at the state and federal levels.

This practice is controversial because public funds are spent to lobby for an agenda not subject to direct approval by voters, and outcomes may be contrary taxpayers benefit.

[edit] County

Annapolis County has as its lobbyist for 2010 a former county councilman.[1]

[edit] Schools

Montgomery County Public Schools belongs to taxpayer-funded lobbying associations (see below), as do Carroll County Public Schools, Howard County Public Schools, and Baltimore County Public Schools.

[edit] Disclosure

The Pacific Research Institute analyzes the state's lobbying registration law as requiring much less information to be disclosed from lobbying activity than other states. The Institute also rates Maryland as performing poorly in making that information available.[2]

[edit] Minor scandal

In 2009, the Maryland Association of Counties, which is founded in part by taxpayer funds (see below), had a conference to discuss budget issues affecting counties in the state. Afterward, hundreds of pictures were posted on Facebook showing drunk staffers. [3]

[edit] Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations

The following is a list of Maryland taxpayer-funded lobbying associations by type:

[edit] County

[edit] Emergency services

[edit] Justice

[edit] School

[edit] Other

[edit] References

  1. ↑ "Moxley Named County's Top Lobbyist", December 6, 2010
  2. ↑ "Pacific Research Institute Releases New Study on Government to Government Lobbying," Pacific Research Institute, March 10, 2009
  3. ↑ "Pols Party While Budget Burns", August 17, 2009


v • d • e
Maryland taxpayer-funded lobbying associations
Certificate 48x48.png
v • d • e
Lists of taxpayer-funded lobbying associations
By type

National organizations
Cities • Counties • Schools • Police • Universities

By state

Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming •

Retrieved from "http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Maryland_taxpayer-funded_lobbying"
blog comments powered by Disqus