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John Thrasher: SB6 sponsor AND testing company lobbyist? : The Reid Report

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John Thrasher: SB6 sponsor AND testing company lobbyist? : The Reid Report

John Thrasher: SB6 sponsor AND testing company lobbyist?

APRIL 19, 2010 · POSTED IN FLORIDA, NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS, POLITICAL NEWS

For John Thrasher: good lobbying, good times ...
Hat tip to Peter Schorsch, who links to a piece in the The St. Augustine Record, which raises questions about State Sen. John Thrasher’s ties to lobbying firms who you’d think might have a vested interest in expanding high stakes testing in Florida. Thrasher was already a target of some tea party groups, who opposed his becoming the new chairman of the Florida Republican Party, precisely because of his shady history as a lobbyist and politician, possibly at the same time. But this latest story raises even more questions, since