Billings Gazette
from Associated Press
HELENA -- Spring Creek Lodge, a residential facility for juveniles affiliated with the World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools, was listed as being among the top spending lobbyists in Montana during the 90-day 2005 legislative session. The Legislature only meets once every two years.
The spending report was complied by the state's political practices office.
In all, 411 special-interest groups and state and local governments spent $4.78 million to try to influence legislation. That is the equivalent of about $31,900 per lawmaker.
The total spending is nearly 47 percent more than the $3.2 million spent in the 2003 Legislature. Lobbyists spent $3.1 million during the 2001 session and $3.5 million in the 1999 Legislature.
Spring Creek Lodge spent $56,677 during the 90-day period, successfully defeating legislation which would have required therapeutic boarding schools to be licensed and regulated by the state.
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BLOOD MONEY
I am going to starty compiling the names of these individuals and lawmakers, they need just as much heat as Lichfield & Co.
Hey WWASP supporters: Why does a helpful teen program need to be spending so much money paying off politicians!!!!!?
