“Special Interest” Groups – Red Herring Anyone?
The PolicySmith laments beginning a blog post with a question, but this one is not simply a device – we’d like you to troll through your recent memory…how often have you seen or heard a Washington insider lament the influence of “special interest” groups? That’s a thinly-veiled insult aimed at the insider’s opponents – it’s.. read more →
05
Sep
2017
What the &%$@# is a lobbyist, anyway?
Why do we need them? Who has them? What do they do? Part 1 of 2. Part 2 coming later this week. Like everything else that revolves around government, it depends. The PolicySmith at one time registered as a lobbyist, which was a big mistake, although not for reasons you might think. The reporting, the.. read more →
31
Jul
2017