QUESTION
How does the City Clerk's Office identify individuals violating lobbying laws?
1:05:59
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The City Clerk explains how they find out about potential lobbying violations.
- They receive phone calls and tips from time to time.
- The number of tips is not very high.
- Tips usually come from other lobbyists or people in the community with a grievance, not regular citizens.
- The primary source of information is often someone carrying out a vendetta against the potential violator.
Gale A. Brewer
1:05:59
One of the questions just generally and maybe it's in the briefing and maybe you mentioned it.
1:06:05
But what's the percentage of people that you find and how do you find them is it from individuals who make complaints?
1:06:12
I mean, how do you find people who you feel are abusing the law?
1:06:15
I mean, how does that mostly get communicated to the city clerk?
Michael McSweeney
1:06:24
We get phone calls.
1:06:26
We get, you know, tips from time to time.
1:06:29
It's not a great number.
1:06:31
And, you know, we're not getting you know, contacts from good citizens who are trying to advise us of unreported lobbying.
1:06:41
It's usually another lobbyist or somebody in the community with a beef, and they're carrying out of vendetta.
1:06:48
That's usually, you know, where the the primary source of information comes from.
Gale A. Brewer
1:06:53
Okay.
1:06:53
Alright.
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