To Lobby or Not to Lobby - That is the Question

Herb Denish

From NMPolitics.net - Diane Denish’s gubernatorial campaign has said her husband attended State Transportation Commission meetings as “an observer, not a participant,” but it turns out he did participate in an October 2003 meeting. Herb Denish appeared before the commission as the “City of Albuquerque – Bernalillo County Coordinator” for the Mesa del Sol project, according to minutes of the Oct. 16, 2003 meeting obtained through a records request. At that meeting, Herb Denish introduced Dean Wingert, a company official who asked the commission for $6 million to extend University Boulevard in Albuquerque to provide access to the Mesa del Sol development. Read more here:

Note: Definition of LOBBY (intransitive verb) - to conduct activities aimed at influencing public officials and especially members of a legislative body on legislation

1: to promote (as a project) or secure the passage of (as legislation) by influencing public officials 2: to attempt to influence or sway (as a public official) toward a desired action

To Lobby or Not to Lobby - That is the Question