As a resident of University City, I was interested to learn that the city spent $26,000 to hire a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Through an internship at the Show-Me Institute this summer, I researched the extent to which this practice is used in Missouri; the results were eye-opening, to say the least.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Missouri's taxpayers lobbying to pay more taxes?
Monday, September 10, 2012 | 2:56 p.m. CDT
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