Caveat emptor when picking out a lobbyist (MD DBD/SAIC BBV)

[Bushfire]

Oct. 3, 2003
Hiring a lobbyist is like buying a house or car.

"Buyer beware," advises Suzanne S. Fox, executive director of the Maryland Ethics Commission, which monitors lobbyists.

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(Budget Secretary James C. "Chip") DiPaula said neither Diebold nor Genn influenced the heavily edited voting systems report, which was released last week. "As a matter of fact, he tried. And he was refused." :wtf:

That's not accurate, said Genn, a former Montgomery County delegate. The state Board of Elections requested comments from Diebold on the SAIC report, Genn said, and Diebold offered several corrections -- some of which the report reflects, others that it does not.

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http://www.gazette.net/200340/business/news/181127-1.html