Lobbying compensation: Mid-major firms fared well during first quarter
Here’s a rundown of how the rest of the firms in the Top 15 fared in the first quarter.
The state’s biggest lobbying firms may be scooping up $2 million-plus every quarter, but there’s still plenty of work to go around for the rest of the lobby corps.
In fact, many of the firms lingering just outside the Top 6 are putting up numbers that could go toe-to-toe with the bluebloods if team size is considered.
Here’s a rundown of how the rest of the firms in the Top 15 fared in the first quarter.
House panel approves utility pole regulation bill
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Electric utilities want it. Telecom companies don t.
If a power company and an internet or cable TV provider bicker over using the same utility poles, or just planting a second set, Florida could have something to say under a bill that cleared a House panel Wednesday.
By a 12-2 vote, the House State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee approved Republican Rep.
Nick
DiCeglie‘s
HB 1567 Wednesday. It would transfer authority over those utility pole connections and the companies’ occasional disputes from the feds to Florida.
Such disputes only come about when power companies and telecommunications companies working the same communities can’t work out contracts to use the same poles. That results in either some communities being “double poled,” or legal fights that wind up being decided by the Federal Communications Commission.
Easter and Passover, as brought to you by these lobbyists and political associations
However you celebrate this springtime, take a moment to enjoy the long weekend.
Last year, people were optimistic the pandemic would be over by Easter 2020. Here we are in Easter 2021 and it’s still going. But there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
For the fifth year running, the holiday sneaked into April barely. That’ll be the case for another couple years thanks to
For the dedicated few in The Process, this weekend and the Legislature’s lax Friday and Monday
schedule will serve as a much-needed halftime break before the back half of the 2021 Legislative Session.
Easter is brought to you by …
Last year, people were optimistic the pandemic would be over by Easter 2020. Here we are in Easter 2021 and itâs still going. But thereâs a light at the end of the tunnel.
For the fifth year running, the holiday sneaked into April â barely. Thatâll be the case for another couple of years, thanks to
For the dedicated few in The Process, this weekend â and the Legislatureâs lax Friday and Monday
schedule â will serve as a much-needed halftime break before the back half of the 2021 Legislative Session.
For many more, the day will begin with a bright-and-early wake-up and a trip to their place of worship to celebrate the Christian holiday. And for most, Sunday will bring good times with friends and family as well as festive fare such as egg hunts.