Top-paid lobbyists in Maryland for 2011
Eight Maryland lobbyists got more than $1 million in billing compensation, as companies spent heavily trying to promote their agendas in Annapolis. Lobbyists have to report their activities, and a listing is generated each time an advocate picks up an active client. In this gallery, you can see who each lobbyist is representing, and on what issues (in parentheses).
All information comes from the Maryland State Ethics Commission.
All information comes from the Maryland State Ethics Commission.
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No. 10: Lisa Harris Jones
Lisa Harris Jones, of the firm Harris Jones Malone, was the tenth-highest billing lobbyist in 2011. According the the state ethics commission, she took in $857,000 over the 12 months that ended in October. She is a founding member of her firm, which says it is the only lobbying-focused law practice in the state to be owned by a black woman.
She represented the following clients last year: ACS State and Local Solutions, Inc. (Traffic cameras); AFT Maryland (Teachers union); America Works of Maryland (Employment agencies); Associated Builders & Contractors; Chief Oil & Gas, LLC (Abortion, oil); Community Associations Institute/Maryland Legislative Action Committee; Constellation Energy Group; The Daily Record (Newspaper); The Family Tree (Child abuse and neglect prevention); Greater Baltimore Committee; Harris Jones & Malone, LLC; HMR of Maryland, LLC (Nursing and veterans homes); International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association; Joseph Smith & Sons, Inc. (Scrap metal); Lexington Square Partners, LLC (Developer of "Superblock" parcels in Baltimore); Maryland Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure; Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund; Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc.; Maryland Psychiatric Society; Mathilde Freund; MI Development (Maryland), Inc. (Horse racing, real estate); NaphCare, Inc. (Prison health care, state contracting); Noresco, LLC (Energy); P3 Group (Energy); Penn National Gaming, Inc.; Peoples Community Health Centers, Inc.; Precision Testing Laboratories, Inc. (Urinalysis); Riverview SNF, LLC (Nursing homes); Serenity Acres Treatment Center (Substance abuse treatment); State Center, LLC c/o PS Partners (Developer at State Center in Baltimore); The Stravrou Companies (Real estate development); Suburban Maryland Psychiatric Society; ValueOptions (Health care); Verizon Maryland Inc.; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. |
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lttruck29 at 9:29 AM January 13, 2012
Just make the practice illegal and lock them all up. Problem solved
lrb1414 at 8:57 AM January 12, 2012
Sorry if this post shows up like 3 times-having problems with the online system. Anyway, this list is like a whose who of corruption. Those Occupy people should be protesting these people.
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Lotta health orgs, building orgs, unions.