South Dakota taxpayer-funded lobbying
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This is controversial because the agenda being lobbied for are not decided by taxpayers, whose money is used for the practice. This means the outcomes of lobbying are sometimes opposed to the constituents' benefit.
[edit] Taxpayer-funded lobbying associations
The following is a list of South Dakota taxpayer-funded lobbying associations by type:
[edit] City and municipal
[edit] County
[edit] School
[edit] Schools
Several publicly-funded learning institutions lobby for specific legislative ends:
[edit] School of Mines
The lobbyist for the School of Mines secured $380,000 in federal transportation dollars fall 2008 to improve access to the school and for a business incubator on campus. [1]
[edit] South Dakota State University
South Dakota State University has paid the the Bockorny Group $160,000 since first hiring the consulting and lobbying firm. Bockorny helped win federal authorization for the Sun Grant Initiative from which SDSU is scheduled to receive $3.8 million for researching bioenergy alternatives. [1]
[edit] The University of South Dakota
The University of South Dakota employs the services of Van Scoyoc Associates since November 2007, and has paid the firm $120,000 since that time. [1]
[edit] References
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