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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Who is Jason Mancini and why isn't he registered as a Rhee lobbyist?

Who is Jason Mancini and why isn't he registered as a Rhee lobbyist?

Who is Jason Mancini and why isn't he registered as a Rhee lobbyist?

Jason Mancini is an MI House staffer who is acting as the defacto lobbyist for Rhee’s front group. Yet nowhere is he registered as her lobbyist.

StudentsFirst’s only registered lobbyist in Michigan, according to the leaked internal document, is Sarah Lynn Hubbard, of the lobbying firm Acuitas. Hubbard’s husband, David Murley is on the advisory board of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State, Michigan State’s public policy school. Jason Mancini just happens to be receiving a scholarship from the very same policy school.

MI ethics police, take note—this sounds like how Rhee operated as DCPS chancellor.

You might remember Mancini from an article in last week’s DailyKos, where it was noted that a certain Republican house aide was helping Michelle Rhee’s front group pass union-busting legislation in Michigan:

“Additionally, the document ends by thanking a Republican House aide:

Also, if given the chance, you should thank Jason Mancini who literally ran every amendment by me before