July 13, 2017 •
Former Major Lobbyist Moves from Big House to Halfway House
In preparation for his September release, former lobbyist John Raphael was moved from a federal prison in South Carolina to an undisclosed halfway house in Columbus. He had been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to a […]
In preparation for his September release, former lobbyist John Raphael was moved from a federal prison in South Carolina to an undisclosed halfway house in Columbus.
He had been sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to a count of extorting campaign contributions from a red-light-camera vendor to city officials. Despite the city doubling its number of cameras from 2005 to 2010 from said vendor, no city officials have been charged.
According to one of his attorneys, his post-release plans are “up in the air.”
June 9, 2016 •
Thursday News Roundup
Lobbying Ohio: “Lobbyist John Raphael Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison” by Lucas Sullivan for Columbus Dispatch Rhode Island: “General Assembly Passes Lobbying Reform Act” by Christian Winthrop for Newport Buzz Campaign Finance “Trump’s Fundraisers See No Chance of […]
Lobbying
Ohio: “Lobbyist John Raphael Sentenced to 15 Months in Federal Prison” by Lucas Sullivan for Columbus Dispatch
Rhode Island: “General Assembly Passes Lobbying Reform Act” by Christian Winthrop for Newport Buzz
Campaign Finance
“Trump’s Fundraisers See No Chance of Hitting $1 Billion” by Alex Isenstadt for Politico
New York: “NY Gov. Cuomo Wants New Limits on Secret Campaign Funds” by David Klepper for The Associated Press
Tennessee: “Jeremy Durham Faces Subpoena in New State Investigation” by Joel Ebert and Dave Boucher for The Tennessean
Texas: “Council to Consider Dark Money Ordinance” by Jack Craver for Austin Monitor
Ethics
California: “Countywide Ethics Commission Overwhelmingly Approved” by Tracy Wood for Voice of OC
California: “California Prop. 50 Passes, Allows Lawmakers to Be Suspended Without Pay for Wrongdoing” by Alison Noon (Associated Press) for Orange County Register
New York: “Fraud Charges Against Jail Officers’ Union Chief With a Taste for Luxury” by William Rashbaum, Michael Winerip, and Michael Schwirtz for New York Times
Elections
“Next for Democrats: A delicate dance to broker peace between Clinton and Sanders” by Philip Rucker and Dan Balz for Washington Post
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