Showing posts with label lobbyists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lobbyists. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Monday, August 13, 2018
Company used convicted Chicago schools chief in 'highly unethical' work to win millions in CPS [schools] business, watchdog finds
...Schuler concluded Camelot first won “behind-the-scenes access” to Byrd-Bennett and top staff plus “confidential inside information” with help from Gary Solomon and Thomas Vranas — two consultants who served as Camelot’s “undisclosed lobbyists” before they were indicted and convicted in federal court alongside Byrd-Bennett for organizing a kickback scheme that upended the district.
Schuler’s report does not allege any criminal behavior occurred as part of the Camelot case.
“We’re alleging ethical violations and procurement violations,” Schuler told the Tribune.
But the IG’s investigation illustrates how Byrd-Bennett’s disgraced administration continues to reverberate in a school system that’s sought to clean up its reputation for crisis and scandal. It also shows how a murky array of lobbyists, attorneys and consultants can influence the awarding of public contracts with minimal oversight.
CPS pledged Monday to strengthen vendors’ requirements to report lobbying activity, and also to launch a process that, following the inspector general’s recommendations, may sanction Camelot or disqualify the company from future business with the district...
CPS pledged Monday to strengthen vendors’ requirements to report lobbying activity, and also to launch a process that, following the inspector general’s recommendations, may sanction Camelot or disqualify the company from future business with the district...
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Maryland’s highest-paid lobbyists
The following are the top 10 highest-paid lobbyists in Maryland
for the first six months of 2015, according to the Maryland State Ethics
Commission.
Gerard E. Evans: More than $1.8 million
Timothy Perry: More than $1.1 million
Joel D. Rozner, of Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston, Levitan & Silver LLC: $969,000
Robert Garagiola, of Alexander & Cleaver: $927,415
Lisa Harris Jones, of Harris Jones Malone: $904,350
Bruce Bereano: $896,450
Michael Johansen, of Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston, Levitan & Silver: $866,165
Nicholas Manis, of Manis Canning & Associates: $769,333
Frank Boston III: $688,088
Steven Wise of Schwartz, of Metz & Wise P.A.: $648,856
http://thedailyrecord.com/2016/01/13/who-are-marylands-highest-paid-lobbyists/?utm_source=WhatCounts+Publicaster+Edition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekend+Insider+011616&utm_content=Who+are+Maryland%E2%80%99s+highest-paid+lobbyists%3f
Gerard E. Evans: More than $1.8 million
Timothy Perry: More than $1.1 million
Joel D. Rozner, of Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston, Levitan & Silver LLC: $969,000
Robert Garagiola, of Alexander & Cleaver: $927,415
Lisa Harris Jones, of Harris Jones Malone: $904,350
Bruce Bereano: $896,450
Michael Johansen, of Rifkin, Weiner, Livingston, Levitan & Silver: $866,165
Nicholas Manis, of Manis Canning & Associates: $769,333
Frank Boston III: $688,088
Steven Wise of Schwartz, of Metz & Wise P.A.: $648,856
http://thedailyrecord.com/2016/01/13/who-are-marylands-highest-paid-lobbyists/?utm_source=WhatCounts+Publicaster+Edition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Weekend+Insider+011616&utm_content=Who+are+Maryland%E2%80%99s+highest-paid+lobbyists%3f
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