It's crunch time for Florida lobbyists. Bills are whizzing from one side of the Capitol to the other, House to Senate, Senate to House. Get your amendment hitched on the train, fast, before anybody can raise a stink. By this time in the session, the din from the lobbying crowd in the rotunda sends everybody running for bottles of aspirin. They can help you, and they can drive you crazy.
Some lobbyists work for months, or even years, to reach the moment of payoff.
They help elect people to serve in the Legislature. They raise money. They do favors. They smash competitors. They spin the press.