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DEL.ICIO.USPlugged in: New lobbyists with tight connections
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This year’s lobbying squad at the state Capitol features a pair of newly configured, and younger, teams worth the noting.
Former House and Senate staffer Tony Simon has joined Clint Austin to form ConnectSouth. Simon and Austin were the duo coordinating millions of dollars for this year’s aggressive campaigns on behalf of House Republicans.
They represent AT&T, which will put them at the table in negotiations with the bill to ease that company’s entry into the cable TV and Internet market.
Then there’s Katie Poitevint, daughter of state Republican chairman Alec Poitevint. She’s joined the lobbying team of Raymon White and Brian Hudson, Southern Public Strategies.
Clients include the National Rifle Association, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the city of Atlanta, Philip Morris, and the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals.
They’ll be in the thick of the biggest health-related fight of the session, over the right of doctors to construct stand-alone clinics that compete with hospitals.
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