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April 18, 2006
Lobbyist Story Explained
So what "non-story" was TFP reporter Michael Weber "wasting his time" on when he got the boot by the mayor?
From today's Times Free Press:
A longtime friend of Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield hired to lobby the state on behalf of the city has not registered with state officials, according to the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance.Registry officials said Monday they had no record of Duane Smith being registered to lobby in Nashville.
Mr. Smith said he was operating under the impression that he would not have had to register until he was in Nashville "making contact with legislators."
The story goes on to outline Mayor Littlefield's ties to Smith:
In 1987, Mr. Smith was campaign manager in Mr. Littlefield’s successful race for commissioner of Public Works under the city’s old form of government, according to news accounts at the time. He later worked for then-Commissioner Littlefield as a special assistant.
A little anticlimactic? Yes. Still a story? Certainly.
News Update | By pulseblogger | 10:44 AM
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