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Federal lobbyists get Fulton's wish list

By Johnny Edwards
Feb 16, 2012

The Fulton commission has handed its federal-level lobbyists a legislative package, a wish list for a fair share of the more than $3 trillion the U.S. government will spend this year. The county has an annual lobbying contract, with an $85,000 maximum, with Virginia-based Alcalde & Fay.

Among other requests, the county wants to increase funding for community development, emergency management and justice programs, and keep dollars coming for AIDS prevention. Fulton also wants a law repealed that denies federal health care benefits to jail inmates who haven't been convicted.

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