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Kane County eyes on Detroit, D.C. (Kane County Chronicle)
Bill McSkimming enjoys selling cars.But for a day, at least, the owner of the Riverfront Chrysler Jeep dealership in North Aurora, had to apply a different trade - pressing the flesh as a lobbyist on Capitol Hill to sell lawmakers on the importance of helping him continue to pursue his normal career choice.

City won?t hire lobbyist to change election law (Bainbridge Island Review)
The city will not hire a lobbyist to petition the state Legislature for a law revision that would allow Bainbridge?s change-of-government vote to go forward in May.

Walter Boverini died at age 84 (Boston Globe)
Former Massachusetts senate majority leader Walter Boverini has died at age 84. His daughter, Maria Boverini, says the former Democratic legislator died Saturday afternoon at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers after a two-month battle with brain cancer. Funeral plans are pending.

Credit-Card Fees Targeted by Retailers Who Say Banks Overcharge (Bloomberg)
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- The subprime mortgage crisis is giving department and convenience stores and gas stations a new argument in asking Congress for power to negotiate the fees banks charge them to process credit-card transactions.

Dispute over lobbyist's pay (Fernandina Beach News-Leader)
Disagreement continued Monday between the Nassau County Commission and the county clerk over the proposed hiring of a federal lobbyist.

Measures Announced to Stop Retail PPI Providers Ripping Off Consumers (PRWeb)
Payment Protection Insurance providers in the retail sector could be forgiven for thinking they'd been overlooked when it comes to sanctions on selling policies, as they weren't included in the Competition Commission's remedial measures to secure better deals for consumers, suggests PPI lobbyist Sara-Ann Burgess from Burgesses. (PRWeb Nov 29, 2008) Read the full story at ...

City's lobbyist could find himself lobbying for his job (Des Plaines Times)
Des Plaines City Council members want to spend a lot less on a lobbyist -- no matter how much funding he might bring to the city.

Highway tolls loom as funding source, but not all are won over (New London Day)
In August 2007, when trucking lobbyist Michael Riley uttered the words ?If tolls pass, legislators lose elections,? it was still relatively easy for lawmakers to

Measures Announced to Stop Retail PPI Providers Ripping Off Consumers (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Payment Protection Insurance providers in the retail sector could be forgiven for thinking they'd been overlooked when it comes to sanctions on selling policies, as they weren't included in the Competition Commission's remedial measures to secure better deals for consumers, suggests PPI lobbyist Sara-Ann Burgess from Burgesses.

EXCLUSIVE: Top oil lobbyist doubts reduced-use promises (The Washington Times)
The U.S. oil and natural-gas industry's new lead lobbyist said Tuesday he doubted that President-elect Barack Obama would be able to deliver on his campaign promise to reduce American oil consumption by 10 million barrels a day by 2030, but endorsed efforts to create more "green" jobs, many of which, he said, would be situated at oil companies.

 

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