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Township group asks trustees for lobbying funds - Chicago Tribune

11 Oct 2008 at 5:26pm

Township group asks trustees for lobbying funds - WLFI.com

11 Oct 2008 at 5:36pm

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-0fd=Rurl=http://www.wlfi.com/Global/ story.asp%3FS%3D9164176cid=1256608696ei=ioLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNEWkJByWc845X4 W5mhjCH9SgcJUPQTownship group asks trustees for blobbying/b funds/abrfont size="1" color="#000000" font color=#6f6f6fWLFI.com,nbsp;INnbsp;-/font nobr7 hours ago/nobr/fontbrfont size="1" color="#000000" b.../b sent a letter to each trustee asking for a voluntary quot;special dues assessmentquot; to pay for blobbying/b to fight efforts to eliminate township government. b.../b/fontbrfont size="1" color="#000000" a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/1-1fd=Rurl=http://www.journalgazette.n et/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20081011/NEWS07/810110331/1002/LOCALcid=1256608696e i=ioLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNHJMIYs7mYBPiDOEWc6CRjdxcOpxATownship battle brewing/a font size="1" color="#000000" color=#6f6f6fnobrFort Wayne Journal Gazette/nobr/font/fontbrfont class=p size="1" color="#000000" a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1256608696nobrall 4 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

Galvin to investigate payments to lobbyists - Boston Globe

11 Oct 2008 at 3:07am

The Republican red scare - guardian.co.uk

11 Oct 2008 at 12:01pm

The Real Cause of the Meltdown...with out the Spin or Racism. - The Young Turks

11 Oct 2008 at 6:43pm

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Lobbying watchdog kept busy with nine complaints over the past year - Vancouv...

9 Oct 2008 at 4:12am

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Giving In to the Dark Side - Newsweek

10 Oct 2008 at 4:48pm

table border=0 width= valign=top cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.boston.com/news /nation/articles/2008/10/07/key_debate_tonight_as_race_gets_personalcid=1256012102ei= ioLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNH7BedA0MBOqKDU4pN5shsJQc6nHwimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=3FrQx91Yvx0Jimgurl=cache.boston.com/resize/bon zai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/10/06/1223349396_7482/539w.jpg width=80 height=56 alt= border=0brfont size=-2Boston Globe/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-0fd=Rurl=http://www.newsweek.com/id/ 163332cid=1256012102ei=ioLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNFUU96KcYicJ7aQarNzJJpC75xmYQGi ving In to the Dark Side/abrfont size="1" color="#000000" font color=#6f6f6fNewsweeknbsp;-/font nobrOct 10, 2008/nobr/fontbrfont size="1" color="#000000" The Reform Institute was housed in the same building in Alexandria, Va., as Davis#39;s blobbying/b firm and the fledgling McCain campaign. b.../b/fontbrfont size="1" color="#000000" a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-1fd=Rurl=http://www.americanthinker. com/2008/10/how_mccain_can_win.htmlcid=1256012102ei=ioLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNG 5KwxPg82Q446w_QYE5j0-atQjKwHow McCain Can Win/a font size="1" color="#000000" color=#6f6f6fnobrAmerican Thinker/nobr/font/fontbrfont size="1" color="#000000" a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-2fd=Rurl=http://news.aol.com/politic al-machine/2008/10/06/ill-see-your-ayers-and-raise-you-a-keating-5/cid=1256012102ei=i oLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNHxJjH5-ayUY2_E4-As-I2wIJ1vkgI#39;ll See Your Ayers and Raise You a Keating 5/a font size="1" color="#000000" color=#6f6f6fnobrAOL News Newsbloggers/nobr/font/fontbrfont size="1" color="#000000" a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-3fd=Rurl=http://news.scotsman.com/wo rld/McCain-role-in-banking-scandal.4564027.jpcid=1256012102ei=ioLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwu sg=AFQjCNGkMLYT7MQElhEWFqL2iWVZuiQT9gMcCain role in banking scandal/a font size="1" color="#000000" color=#6f6f6fnobrScotsman/nobr/font/fontbrfont size="1" color="#000000" class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-4fd=Rurl=http://blog.wired.com/27bst roke6/2008/10/obama-campaign.htmlcid=1256012102ei=ioLxSN3aIYe4zATUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNG4T o_z10f4cGUn46EGKM3VUbU8EQnobrWired News/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/6-5fd=Rurl=http://www.billingsgazette. net/articles/2008/10/07/opinion/letters/60-scandal.txtcid=1256012102ei=ioLxSN3aIYe4zA TUmZm9Bwusg=AFQjCNH2idsoMgWV1bE3Vvbw_OfeM7BC1wnobrBillings Gazette/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size="1" color="#000000" a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?hl=enned=usie=ISO-8859-1ncl=1256012102nobrall 1,149 news articles/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

Bailout a Boon for Washington Lobbyists - ABC News

10 Oct 2008 at 9:48am

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BMS official says track expects tax provision to be a boost - Bristol Herald ...

12 Oct 2008 at 12:26am

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Gov?t-Owned AIG: We?re Still Lobbying! - ProPublica

10 Oct 2008 at 4:53pm

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