Sunday, December 21, 2003
Thursday, December 18, 2003
Ten Commandments of Lobbying (Author Unknown)
The ironies of this being on the Bright consulting web page are too rich to be ignored.:
1. Thou shalt speak only the truth, and speak it clearly and succinctly; on two pages and in ten-second sound bites.
7. Study arithmetic, that thou mayst count noses. If thou canst count 51, rejoice. Thou shalt win in the Senate.
10. Be humble in victory, for thy bill may yet be vetoed.
The ironies of this being on the Bright consulting web page are too rich to be ignored.:
1. Thou shalt speak only the truth, and speak it clearly and succinctly; on two pages and in ten-second sound bites.
7. Study arithmetic, that thou mayst count noses. If thou canst count 51, rejoice. Thou shalt win in the Senate.
10. Be humble in victory, for thy bill may yet be vetoed.
What can you learn from Illinois politics?
Government & politics pays.
No, its not about selfless public service. It is about power and the money that flows from that power.
Its true in Wisconsin too. Citicorp just got a bond deal for one of its affiliates. The rumor is: John Walsh a relative of David Walsh (Doyle advisor) is at Smith Barney. A little elbow grease and voila! Big deal done!
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"The bonds listed below are municipal issues that include negotiated offerings in which we will serve as a senior or co-manager"
Wisconsin $850 million.
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Ironically, Michael Bright, who had little (nothing) to do with getting the deal, has possibly (apparently?) pulled in a new-house level payout from the public finance arm for 'getting this done'.
Of course this is all just a laughably humorous rumor on an anonymous blog so there is nothing to it. Go on about your business.
Government & politics pays.
No, its not about selfless public service. It is about power and the money that flows from that power.
Its true in Wisconsin too. Citicorp just got a bond deal for one of its affiliates. The rumor is: John Walsh a relative of David Walsh (Doyle advisor) is at Smith Barney. A little elbow grease and voila! Big deal done!
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"The bonds listed below are municipal issues that include negotiated offerings in which we will serve as a senior or co-manager"
Wisconsin $850 million.
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Ironically, Michael Bright, who had little (nothing) to do with getting the deal, has possibly (apparently?) pulled in a new-house level payout from the public finance arm for 'getting this done'.
Of course this is all just a laughably humorous rumor on an anonymous blog so there is nothing to it. Go on about your business.
You can learn a lot about politics from reading today's Chicago Tribune. The day is dedicated to frmr. Governor George Ryan's indictment on corruption charges.
(Sorry you have to register for the Trib. but it is free.)
(Sorry you have to register for the Trib. but it is free.)
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
THIS FROM DEAN'S BLOG :
Win Real Money with the Winning Democratic Candidate
in the Iowa Electronic Markets
The Iowa Electronic Markets are real-money futures markets where contract payoffs depend on the outcomes of political events such as elections.
Current prices per share in the IEM 2004 Democratic National Convention Market:
Howard Dean_________59.2 cents
Richard Gephardt____15.4 cents
Wesley Clark________11.0 cents
Hillary Clinton_____6.0 cents
John Kerry__________5.0 cents
Joe Lieberman_______1.3 cents
Rest of Field*______2.1 cents
Note: "Rest of Field" is the combined share price of John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Carol Moseley-Braun, Al Sharpton, plus every unspecified person who might concievably win the nomination.
Put your money where your mouth is and get rewarded if/when your candidate wins.
Each share of the person who gets nominated will be worth one dollar after the nomination becomes official at the Democratic convention
Win Real Money with the Winning Democratic Candidate
in the Iowa Electronic Markets
The Iowa Electronic Markets are real-money futures markets where contract payoffs depend on the outcomes of political events such as elections.
Current prices per share in the IEM 2004 Democratic National Convention Market:
Howard Dean_________59.2 cents
Richard Gephardt____15.4 cents
Wesley Clark________11.0 cents
Hillary Clinton_____6.0 cents
John Kerry__________5.0 cents
Joe Lieberman_______1.3 cents
Rest of Field*______2.1 cents
Note: "Rest of Field" is the combined share price of John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Carol Moseley-Braun, Al Sharpton, plus every unspecified person who might concievably win the nomination.
Put your money where your mouth is and get rewarded if/when your candidate wins.
Each share of the person who gets nominated will be worth one dollar after the nomination becomes official at the Democratic convention
From the Dean weblog:
How to CHEAT and rig the (Iowapolitics.com) poll in Dean's favor!
"1. Vote
2. Tools > Internet Options > DELETE COOKIES
3. Delete Files
4. OK
5. Close Browser
6. Return to IowaPolitics.com
7. Vote again
Kerry is doing this, we might as well do the same!"
How to CHEAT and rig the (Iowapolitics.com) poll in Dean's favor!
"1. Vote
2. Tools > Internet Options > DELETE COOKIES
3. Delete Files
4. OK
5. Close Browser
6. Return to IowaPolitics.com
7. Vote again
Kerry is doing this, we might as well do the same!"
Perhaps you should look at this:Iowa Politics
While the editor has been watching 100,000+ people have voted in the Iowapolitics.com online poll.
Either that or the Dean, Kerry, and Clark campaigns keep teams of hackers on staff.
While the editor has been watching 100,000+ people have voted in the Iowapolitics.com online poll.
Either that or the Dean, Kerry, and Clark campaigns keep teams of hackers on staff.
Friday, November 21, 2003
The editor is not sure how this story was missed:
Madison - Wisconsin unions and businesses gave $1.3 million to a national Democratic Party committee, which then returned much of it to an organization prosecutors say Sen. Chuck Chvala illegally ran to skirt state campaign-finance laws, a new report released Thursday charged.
Using new Internal Revenue Service data, the non-partisan group Common Cause in Wisconsin was able for the first time to list donations from Wisconsin - including $430,000 from the state's largest teachers union - to the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C., before state elections in 2000 and 2002.
Wisconsin contributors gave more to the national committee than any other state and - in a move that Common Cause described as "laundering" - the committee returned $695,470 of it to Wisconsin political groups over a 30-month period.
Of that amount, the report says, $322,000 was sent to Independent Citizens for Democracy, a front group that prosecutors say Chvala used to illegally help fellow Democrats running for the Senate.
The FBI said last month that it was looking into whether the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee violated federal money-laundering laws in a campaign-finance scheme that led to state felony charges against Chvala.
Madison - Wisconsin unions and businesses gave $1.3 million to a national Democratic Party committee, which then returned much of it to an organization prosecutors say Sen. Chuck Chvala illegally ran to skirt state campaign-finance laws, a new report released Thursday charged.
Using new Internal Revenue Service data, the non-partisan group Common Cause in Wisconsin was able for the first time to list donations from Wisconsin - including $430,000 from the state's largest teachers union - to the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C., before state elections in 2000 and 2002.
Wisconsin contributors gave more to the national committee than any other state and - in a move that Common Cause described as "laundering" - the committee returned $695,470 of it to Wisconsin political groups over a 30-month period.
Of that amount, the report says, $322,000 was sent to Independent Citizens for Democracy, a front group that prosecutors say Chvala used to illegally help fellow Democrats running for the Senate.
The FBI said last month that it was looking into whether the Democratic Leadership Campaign Committee violated federal money-laundering laws in a campaign-finance scheme that led to state felony charges against Chvala.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Here is what happens when liars convince ordinary people:
Michael Bright uses his wildly innacurate bio to fool Williams Young into an alliance.
According to the Bio:
"Prior to the formation of Bright Consulting Inc. in 1995, Michael Bright was Chief of Staff to the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance, Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor, ..."
Those statements are not true.
There was and is no such post as the "Chief of Staff" to the Joint Committe on Finance and Bright didn't hold such a post.
Michael Bright says he was an Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor.
That is a lie.
He was, in fact, a junior budget/policy analyst at Wisconsin's Dept. of Admin. and NOT a "Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor". This is a distinction with a HUGE difference. Those who were on the Governor's policy team are reputed to be steamed about these lies.
The real ex-policy advisors are embedded prominently in Wisconsin's politcal system.
We don't like this kind of garbage in Wisconsin. Bright should clean up his act or leave town.
Michael Bright uses his wildly innacurate bio to fool Williams Young into an alliance.
According to the Bio:
"Prior to the formation of Bright Consulting Inc. in 1995, Michael Bright was Chief of Staff to the Wisconsin Joint Committee on Finance, Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor, ..."
Those statements are not true.
There was and is no such post as the "Chief of Staff" to the Joint Committe on Finance and Bright didn't hold such a post.
Michael Bright says he was an Executive Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor.
That is a lie.
He was, in fact, a junior budget/policy analyst at Wisconsin's Dept. of Admin. and NOT a "Budget and Policy Advisor to the Governor". This is a distinction with a HUGE difference. Those who were on the Governor's policy team are reputed to be steamed about these lies.
The real ex-policy advisors are embedded prominently in Wisconsin's politcal system.
We don't like this kind of garbage in Wisconsin. Bright should clean up his act or leave town.
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Here is a lobbyist who is not as well respected as some:
Rogowski
Look at his bio. It says he was the Chief of Staff. It doesn't say which Governor he worked for. (Hint: Scott McCallum) Since the bio only mentions Tommy G. Thompson, a prospective client might be led to believe he was Chief of Staff for Tommy G. Thompson. Not so.
It doesn't say he was fired. It doesn't say he 'slashed the tires' and tried to seek revenge upon his former boss. In politics you don't turn traitor on your boss and mentor. It's considered bad form.
It certainly doesn't say that he is despised in the capitol and is thought by some to have really crappy access. That would be bad advertising.
This editor wouldn't hire him to fetch donuts.
Here is a lobbyist who is not as well respected as some:
Rogowski
Look at his bio. It says he was the Chief of Staff. It doesn't say which Governor he worked for. (Hint: Scott McCallum) Since the bio only mentions Tommy G. Thompson, a prospective client might be led to believe he was Chief of Staff for Tommy G. Thompson. Not so.
It doesn't say he was fired. It doesn't say he 'slashed the tires' and tried to seek revenge upon his former boss. In politics you don't turn traitor on your boss and mentor. It's considered bad form.
It certainly doesn't say that he is despised in the capitol and is thought by some to have really crappy access. That would be bad advertising.
This editor wouldn't hire him to fetch donuts.
Sunday, November 16, 2003
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Here's an interesting site. One of Wisconsin's top lobbyists selling what he does:
"Entering the government maze alone can be an alarming venture. That's why so many people turn to Broydrick & Associates. To get the job done.
Our mission is simple -- to win."
"Entering the government maze alone can be an alarming venture. That's why so many people turn to Broydrick & Associates. To get the job done.
Our mission is simple -- to win."
CHARLIE SYKES MAKES A POINT:
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2003, 3:29 p.m.
Raw Deal
By Charles J. Sykes
The car that drives Jim Doyle contains ...
NOTE: scroll down to Nov 6th.
THURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2003, 3:29 p.m.
Raw Deal
By Charles J. Sykes
The car that drives Jim Doyle contains ...
NOTE: scroll down to Nov 6th.
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