A look at lobby dollars spent in California

From Ron Cooper on the Alliance ListServe writes:

"The Sacramento Business Journal published a list of California State Government's top 25 "Biggest Spenders on Lobbying for 2005-2006". Out of the top eight positions, four were either Telco or Cable TV concerns battling over the statewide cable franchising issue. The numbers are staggering:

#1 AT&T and its affiliates -- $27,747,954

#2 TV4 Us -- $15,893,472 (Note: This is the fake "support cable" web site located in Arlington VA.)

#6 Comcast Corp. -- $3,629,408

#8 Verizon Communications -- $3,234,252

I wish Amy Goodman's next expose was on how much money AT&T has spent on direct lobbying in all the states, in Congress, and with FCC? And where does AT&T's money come from? All together now -- raise your hands..... ron cooper "

We do too Ron, we do too. If they stopped spending so much on lobbyist they could potentially save consumers a ton of money.

We wonder what Massachusetts is like. Anyone..., anyone...