BLUE HAMPSHIRE EXCLUSIVE

To be fair to WMUR... (0.00 / 0)

... I am pretty sure that Spradling had already left the station and set up his media consulting operation before he was hired by the gambling crowd.

I have often wondered where "Fix it Now", the theoretically independent group pushing to turn Rockinghamn into a casino, gets their funding. They claim to have no financial interest in the casino, they aren't lobbyist, or a PAC, or a non-profit, as far as I can tell. So who funded them?  

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by: Michael Marsh @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 12:58:33 PM CDT

Fair again (4.00 / 2)

I just checked the web site; Fix It Now says it partnered with Millenium. Not lilke they tried to hide that they worked with Millenium.

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 13:03:38 PM CDT

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"Partnered" is an interesting adjective (4.00 / 2)

I understand what it means in tennis, or a law firm, or a marriage. What does it mean between a for-profit casino operator and a whatever-it-is (but not a lobbyist, or a PAC, or a registered non-profit) like "Fix it Now".

Does it mean they are working together, or does it mean that the casino operator is providing most of the funding for an ostensibly independent group like "Fix it Now", whose only purpose is to promote giving the casino operator a license in NH?

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by: Michael Marsh @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 13:50:38 PM CDT

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Scott Spradling... (0.00 / 0)

Spradling left broadcasting and set up his lobbying firm sometime in 2008, long before he got the gambling contract,

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by: TimothyHorrigan @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 16:36:48 PM CDT

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Be fair (4.00 / 1)

Scott Spradling was not working with Millenium while he worked for WMUR. He went out on his own several months before.




"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."  Franklin D. Roosevelt    

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by: Kathy Sullivan 2 @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 13:00:06 PM CDT

But wait (0.00 / 0)

Just the business department, right Dean?

So it's on the up-and-up, because the influence is being sold by the sales team.

Glad we cleared that up!

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by: JimC @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 13:42:20 PM CDT

I just saw the price sheet and I'm pissed. (4.00 / 2)

Standard: $25,000
No Elwood: $250,000

Where's my cut??

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by: elwood @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 18:02:09 PM CDT

Heh. (4.00 / 2)

birch, finch, beech

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by: Dean Barker @ Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 19:37:02 PM CDT

if the "resident" experts find themselves... (0.00 / 0)

...overburdened...you can always feel free to outsource some of the work my way.

--we are making enemies faster than we can kill them

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by: fake consultant @ Fri Jul 03, 2009 at 22:49:00 PM CDT