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Why does every bill with Scott’s and Sokola’s name at the top, mean no good for the people of Delaware? Intriguing, however, also are the names of Kowalko, Baumbach, and Townsend as additional sponsors for this same bill… ( Longhurst is there as well, but that doesn’t matter)….. One must assume for these three to endorse such a bill, that perhaps they are unaware of who is signed up as a lobbyist, and who, if a fee is required, will be shut out from personally making their case to Delaware legislators..
Contrary to I guess, public opinion, not all lobbyists are fat cats. Many of them are thin cats….
Nancy Willing is one. Darlene Battle is another. John Flaherty is a third. For you see, if anyone approaches a legislator about a certain bill, they need to be signed in as a lobbyist….
All a lobbyist is, is an expert on piece of legislation who attempts to explain it to a legislator. Of course, an expert on sneaking a poisonous chemical through the labyrinth of law, requires one kind of lobbyist. But removing the” box” from employment applications, requires another….. Whereas our legislature doesn’t need the first type of lobbyists, it absolutely really does need the second.
What this bill does, is shut accessibility to legislators to all who cannot pay. The indigent, the middle class, the workers, don’t have a voice, unless they can find a paid lobbyist who will do it pro-bono. The ducks, geese, and even the gray fox who currently have school children as advocates, get shut out allowing sportsman to dominate the conversation. In gun control, the dead children have no voice; the paying NRA has a monopoly on legislative personal relationships….
That is why as it stands, this is a bad bill.
To those on the inside, the reason for it’s proposal is obvious in light of the education fight over Common Core. Educational issues are not going as those responsible (Jack Markell) for pushing them through legislature think they should. Somehow, legislators are getting other opinions beside those carefully screened for their indulgence… This bill will stop that.
I can understand how progressives could get behind a bill to make lobbyists report who pays them, and make lobbyists pay a fee…. But a close reading of the bill does not legislate how much the fee shall be, nor does it exempt anyone working pro-bono… Yes, of course without it being specified specifically, that could still happen after this bill is passed. … But so could the opposite!… It will be solely at the discretion of those on the Integrity Commission to determine who can play, and who cannot….
Just to name a few… You see, lobbyists are the oil inside the engine. They reduce friction, and are what keep legislators capable of staying ahead of multiple issues at any given time…. So, yes, some may be paid very well. But quite a few of the above will not be back if this law is passed and signed….
I have included lobbyists for both sides, to show that they are indispensible to the operation of government as we know it… This bill will affect the postions held dear by both Republicans and Democrats. Essentially those hurt will be all those who cannot afford to pay for representation … Those helped will be all those who can easily pay for the privilege of meeting with a legislator….
That is why I am not surprised to see Sokola and Scott at the top of this bill. I am surprised to see Townsend, Kowalko, and Baumbach as additional sponsors…. Someone should tell them…..
And here is the meat of the bill…..
§ 5832. Registration of lobbyists with the State Public Integrity Commission.
(6) Whether the employer pays or promises to pay compensation, as defined in § 5831(a) of this title, to the lobbyist. The amount or value of compensation is not required.
(e) Upon registration, and between January 1st and January 15th of each subsequent year, each lobbyist shall pay an annual registration fee per employer paying or promising compensation to the lobbyist. The fee is not prorated for compensated lobbyists or their employers who are registered for only a portion of the year. At the beginning of each calendar year, the Commission shall establish an annual registration fee which shall approximate and reasonably reflect all costs necessary to defray the expenses of administering § 5832, § 5833, § 5834, § 5835, § 5836, § 5837, § 5838 of this title. The Commission may not impose a fee on lobbyists who are not paid, or who are not promised, compensation from the employer of the lobbyist. The fee is payable through the Public Integrity Reporting System database maintained by the Commission. All revenue generated by registration fees shall be deposited in an appropriated special fund account for the Commission. These funds shall be used to fund all costs necessary to defray the expenses of administration of § 5832, § 5833, § 5834, § 5835, § 5836, § 5837, § 5838 of this title. Nothing in this section shall relieve a lobbyist from the registration requirement in subsection (a) of this title, whether required to pay the annual fee or not.
§ 5838. Violations and penalties.
(d) Any person who fails to pay a registration fee required by this subchapter shall be deemed to have voluntarily cancelled registration as a lobbyist and shall be prohibited from reregistering or acting as a lobbyist until all delinquent registration fees are paid.
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2015.
Users can look up a school and find where its graduates went to college… At this point, there is no way to stop very personal, previously private, and potentially dangerous information from falling into the hands of third parties, which should not be trusted with it… according to Evan Queitsch, a member of the Delaware Education Reform Coalition. ..
Today, that database collects student biographical information, including immigration status and admission to foster care, as well as class schedules, attendance and discipline records, assessment scores, grades and credits earned, and even photographs.
Quite a few people are upset… “The only way to prevent data from being misused is not collecting it in the first place,” said Mr. Oboryshko.
Quick. Someone alert the News Journal. They have a story here to print.

References: § 5832
 § 5831
 § 5832
 § 5833
 § 5834
 § 5835
 § 5836
 § 5837
 § 5838
 § 5832
 § 5833
 § 5834
 § 5835
 § 5836
 § 5837
 § 5838

§ 5838