Lobbyist faces hearing for being "disrespectful"
The Montgomery Advertiser reports: In what the chairman of the House Rules Committee called a "precedent-setting" event, the Legislature may take action against a longtime Montgomery lobbyist over alleged disrespectful remarks she made Wednesday about a Montgomery representative. ...
The Joint Rules Committee of the House and Senate is scheduled to meet Wednesday afternoon to determine whether [ lobbyist Claire] Austin "violated the joint rules of the House and Senate during a meeting of the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee on April 18, 2012," according to a letter sent to members of the committees Thursday. ...
The incident involved Austin and Rep. Joe Hubbard, D-Montgomery. Austin did not return messages left at her office Friday afternoon, and Hubbard declined comment on the incident Friday. ...
[Rep. Blaine] Galliher said it was "insinuated" that Rule 27 of the Joint Rules of the Alabama Legislature had been broken. The rule, which covers the "obligations of a lobbyist," says lobbyists "shall uphold the honor of the legislative process by the integrity of his or her relationship with legislators." -- Read the whole story --> Lobbyist faces ?precedent-setting? hearing over alleged conduct | The Montgomery Advertiser | montgomeryadvertiser.com