http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/04/25/700000-spent-to-lobby-for-transit-tax-increase/ Living and breathing in the Second City Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/04/25/700000-spent-to-lobby-for-transit-tax-increase/#comment-1006 chicago » Blog Archive » $700000 spent to lobby for transit tax increase Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:59:17 +0000 http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/04/25/700000-spent-to-lobby-for-transit-tax-increase/#comment-1006 [...] Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe 43 municipal governments with lobbyists range in size from the City of Chicago (population 2869121 with lobbying contract payments of $127257) to the Village of Cordova (population 651 in Rock Island County with $7500 paid to a … [...] [...] Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe 43 municipal governments with lobbyists range in size from the City of Chicago (population 2869121 with lobbying contract payments of $127257) to the Village of Cordova (population 651 in Rock Island County with $7500 paid to a … [...]

]]> http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/04/25/700000-spent-to-lobby-for-transit-tax-increase/#comment-949 Tax » $700000 spent to lobby for transit tax increase Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:38:16 +0000 http://achicagoblog.blogivists.com/2008/04/25/700000-spent-to-lobby-for-transit-tax-increase/#comment-949 [...] Mike Van Winkle wrote an interesting post today on $700000 spent to lobby for transit tax increaseHere’s a quick excerptThe Illinois Campaign for Political Reform has done the state of Illinois a major service by investigating how much local governments and government agencies spend to lobby state government for tax and funding increases. … [...] [...] Mike Van Winkle wrote an interesting post today on $700000 spent to lobby for transit tax increaseHere’s a quick excerptThe Illinois Campaign for Political Reform has done the state of Illinois a major service by investigating how much local governments and government agencies spend to lobby state government for tax and funding increases. … [...]

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