That's why they usually make out so well. Jack Kent Cooke is proof of that. And he spent plenty to move his team's summer training camp from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to Frostburg - the home district, of the speaker of the House of Delegates. The Frostburg move put Del. Casper Taylor on the Cooke cheerleading team. Hiring lobbyist Gerard Evans made sure Senate President Mike Miller was on board.
Dear Friends Call it influence.
Mr. Evans is among Senate President Miller's dearest friends. He also has a long history with Parris Glendening. The governor's ex-chief of staff in Prince George's County is an Evans law partner. Mr. Evans cochairs the new foundation raising funds for the governor's mansion - including money for portraits of Parris and Francis Anne Glendening. No doubt his clients will be generous donors.