Who is lobbying at our City Hall

[Diane Melendez]

Included in this post you will have the most recently released list of lobbyists to the City of Jacksonville. I found it interesting that the list does not seem to include the names of many individuals and a former mayor who consistently lobby for a variety of builders, developers and large scale companies. Funny huh?


CURRENT LOBBYIST LIST

July 6, 2007

NAME
REPRESENTING
EXPIRATION DATE

Arnold, Mark M.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Aycock, Linda R.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Bateh, Tarik Z.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Deal, Jessica
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce and Jax Biz Inc.

March 1, 2008

Dixon, George E. (Ysrayl)

Various Clients and Associates

July 21, 2007

Duggan, Wyman R.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Ferry, Bill

Representative for Comcast

December 1, 2007

Fletcher, Bruce J.

Various Clients and Issues

May 10, 2008

Gallup, William R.

Various Clients and Issues

December 5, 2007

Hainline, T.R. Jr.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Hipps, Alberta

Various Clients and Issues

June 27, 2008

Horn, Tim

Representative for Comcast

December 1, 2007

Ingram, Thomas O.

Various Clients and Issues

June 1, 2008

Johnston, Paige H.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Jones, Maureen

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Kravitz, Richard “Dick”

Various Clients and Issues

December 11, 2007

Maguire, Richard L.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Mann, Charles L.

Various Clients and Issues

May 15, 2008

McDonald, Susan C.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Mills, Charles F. III

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Murphy, Ann

Representative for Comcast

December 1, 2007

Pierce, Emily G.

Various Clients and Issues

January 1, 2008

Ralston, George A. III
Representative for Chevron and Texaco

February 14, 2008

Rewis, Staci M.

Various Clients and Issues

June 1, 2008

Shea, Anna C.

Various Clients and Issues

June 19, 2008

Tjoflat, Marcia Parker

Various Clients and Issues

June 1, 2008

Whitman, Amy Tuck
Representative for Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce

August 31, 2007

[rpschutt]

So, let me get this straight...a sitting Legislator can also serve as a lobbyist for another legislative body?

[Jimmy]

Wow... that list is by no means complete.

[jbm32206]

No, there's quite a few names left off...I'm sure it's an honest oversight...right? Oh and I have beach-front property to sell...okay, so it's in a quaint little place close to burning oil fields and occassional bomb blasts...:p

[rpschutt]

I'm still stuck on a sitting Legislator being a registered lobbyist with another legislative body.

[jbm32206]

I hear you and agree....that just leaves a dark cloud over things, doesn't it?

[Jimmy]

I'm still stuck on a sitting Legislator being a registered lobbyist with another legislative body.

I've been scratching my head over this one, too. What is his day job? I actually don't know him at all.

[FloridaKYCol]

There is no rule or ordinance or precedent that Dick Kravitz cannot lobby or appear before a client in city council meetings or with the executive branch of government. It may appear in bad taste but it is not illegal.:happy:

[spidey]

Actually, FloridaKYCol, the City's ethics code may be applicable to Kravitz depending on the circumstances.


Sec. 602.402. Disqualification of former officers and employees in matters connected with former duties or official responsibilities; disqualification of partners.

(a) It shall be unlawful and a class C offense for any person, who was an officer or employee of the City or an independent agency, after his or her employment has ceased, knowingly to act as agent or attorney for anyone other than the City or an independent agency in connection with any administrative or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in which the City or an independent agency is a party or has a direct and substantial interest and in which he or she participated personally and substantially as an officer or employee, through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation or otherwise while employed by the City or an independent agency.


(b) It shall be unlawful and a class C offense for any person, who was an officer or employee of the City or an independent agency, after his or her employment has ceased, to appear personally before any unit of government as agent or attorney for anyone other than the City or an independent agency in connection with any proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular matter involving a specific party or parties in which the City or an independent agency is a party or has a direct and substantial interest and which was under his or her official responsibility as an officer or employee of the City or an independent agency at any time within a period of one year prior to the termination of his or her responsibility.


(c) Nothing in subsection (a) or (b) shall prevent a former officer or employee of the City or an independent agency with professional, scientific or technological qualifications, from acting as agent or attorney or from appearing personally in connection with a particular matter in a professional, scientific or technological field if the head of the unit of government concerned with the matter shall certify in writing that the public interest would be served by the action or appearance by the former officer oremployee.



www.municode.com (http://www.municode.com)

[FloridaKYCol]

do not apply to Kravitz. This is not a brief for Dick or an apology for him, just dont think this is a very important matter. He is within the law.

I would be much more concerned with people who do not register and who are seeking to lobby and influence legislation.

I have to see the city in its current situation. The lessons of pre consolidation have been lost it appears.:don't Know"

[spidey]

I just copied the whole section and posted it. Paragraph (b) would not be applicable to Kravitz.

It not only appears that the lessons of preconsolidation have been lost, this administration doesn't appear to even want to look for them to try to find them.

[Swamp Fox]

All sorts of people show up to influence Council on legislation before them who are speaking for non-profits, HOA's, etc who are not being paid to do so. This is legit.