
Why Are Cities Hiring Lobbyists?
Not Another Politics Podcast
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City Governments Lobbing State Governments
Lobbying is about opening up channels of communication that aren't otherwise available to an industry. City government officials already have a measure of access, they're looking for something else. And so the theory in this paper is really that cities can rely on this other channel, these private lobbyists when these formal, built in channels of representation break down.
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