Monday, January 16, 2017

Government Sector Lobbying is Widespread

Taxpayer-funded lobbying is government-to-government lobbying. Counties, cities, school districts, public facilities and government employee associations frequently use public funds to influence legislation and appropriations. Public funds are spent to lobby for agendas not subject to direct approval by voters and often against the best interest of the citizens.

 Often public funds are used to directly hire lobbyists while other times government employees directly lobby legislators on behalf of their government employer.

 Georgetown pays a membership fee to the Texas Municipal League which is basically a lobbying organization for cities. Its budget is not open to public scrutinty. 
The following is a list of Texas government sector lobbying associations by type:

City and municipal

County

School

Other

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