Sincerely,
Dale CaTTanach
State Auditor
State of Wisconsin
Ethics Board
April 3, 1997
To the Honorable the Senate:
At the direction of §
13.685(7),
Wisconsin Statutes, I am furnishing you with the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board that employ one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules, and notifying you of changes in the Ethics Board's records of licensed lobbyists and their employers. For each recently registered organization I have included the organization's description of the general area of legislative or administrative action that it attempts to influence and the name of each licensed lobbyist that the organization has authorized to act on its behalf.
Organizations recently registered:
Below are the names of organizations recently registered with the Ethics Board as employing one or more individuals to affect state legislation or administrative rules.
ARDA - WI
Subject(s): Language for sales tax pertaining to flex time.
Hanson, Thomas
Cattlemens Assn, Wisconsin
Subject(s): Any legislation that will impact the production of beef in this state. Also to improve Wisconsin's competitive position in national and world markets.
Hauser, R F (Dick)
Competitive Wisconsin, Inc
Subject(s): Economic development of Wisconsin.
Cook, Sharon
Mitchell, Brian
Corrections Corporation of America
Subject(s): The construction and management of prisons and jails for state and local government in all matters related thereto.
Christianson, Peter
Criminal Defense Lawyers, Wisconsin Assn of
Subject(s): Promote the proper administration of justice; foster and maintain the integrity, independence and expertise of the criminal bar; protection of individual rights and due process.
Blume, Ed
Deferred Deposit Assn, Wisconsin
Subject(s): Any legislative or regulatory effort relating to pay day loans and consumer transactions.
Essie, Patrick
Domestic Violence, Wisconsin Coalition Against
Subject(s): The Coalition monitors and informs its members on all areas of legislation - criminal, civil and family law - that pertain to victims of domestic violence and their children.
Krenek, Kathleen
EMS Associates
Subject(s): Any and all legislative/regulatory matters affecting emergency medical services providers in Wisconsin.
Mitchell, Brian
Enron Corporation
Subject(s): Enron Corp is interested in state legislation and administrative rules relating to energy issues (natural gas and electricity) with particular emphasis on retail competition in the electric industry.
Landwehr, Susan M
Vaughan, Michael
Fabricare Institute, Wisconsin
Subject(s): Create a Drycleaners Environmental Response Fund to assist in paying costs of remediation of contaminated lands.
Phillips, Joe
Glendale City of
Subject(s): To promote and encourage the need for Wisconsin to maintain and expand the current legislation on tax incremental financing as an economic development tool for local governments, specifically as it may apply to environmental remediation and the use of one TIF district generated funds to support another TIF district within the same local jurisdiction.
Mueller, H. Carl
Household Financial Group Ltd
Subject(s): All legislation dealing with financial community such as lending, collections, securitizations, etc. All legislation dealing with insurance matters such as credit insurance and specialty insurance and agents proposals. Administrative rules such as all matters before FLB-INS-Dept of Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Also, administrative issues such as licensing and joint venture licensing matters.
Marien, Ron
Journal Communications Inc
Subject(s): Recycled content - newsprint: state budget; state legal advertising.
Mueller, H. Carl
Remsik, Jeffrey J
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
S130
Subject(s): The March of Dimes advocates for issues that will impact on the availability and accessibility of health care services for pregnant women, infants and children. Our organization also advocates for research and surveillance programs to study the causes of birth defects and to discover treatments and cures. Also priority issues include prevention programs such as WIC, immunizations.
Richardson, Amy
Plastic Container Recovery, National Assn for
Subject(s): Any and all legislative and regulatory matters affecting the plastic container industry.
Mitchell, Brian
Pro-Life Wisconsin
Subject(s): Pro-Life Wisconsin seeks to influence all legislation which directly affects the unborn, the aged, the disabled, and the terminally ill. Pro-Life Wisconsin opposes all abortion, infanticide, and enthanasia. We also oppose any public financing of abortion, infanticide, enthanasia and birth
Matuska, Mary
Rural Development Center, Wisconsin
Subject(s): WRDC's public policy advocacy work will primarily focus on agriculture, environmental and conservation issues, banking and commerce and rural development initiatives.
Wenzel, William
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Subject(s): Areas relating to health care liability insurance.
Vaughan, Michael
Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, MultiState Associates Inc on
behalf of
Subject(s): Corrections legislation, administration, regulation and policy.
Cook, Sharon
Mitchell, Brian
Organization's authorization of additional lobbyists:
The following organizations previously registered with the Ethics Board have authorized to act on their behalf these additional licensed lobbyists:
Automatic Merchandising Council, Wisconsin
Stenger, Scott
Automobile Manufacturers Assn, American
Edmunds, Donald
Counties Assn, Wisconsin
Behrens, Ken
Economic Development Assn, Wisconsin
Steinmetz, Amy
Flambeau Mining Co
Kent, Paul
Forethought Group, Inc, The
Kuehn, Ronald W
Homesteaders Life Company
Kuehn, Ronald W
Manufactured Housing Assn, Wisconsin
