 Phil Murphy |
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has dropped the $200K military lobbying outlay from his proposed budget.
His predecessor Chris Christie earmarked that funding for the state’s Dept. of Military and Veterans’ Affairs for lobbying DC on defense issues, especially to protect Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst against military base closures.
The Christie administration hired Cassidy & Assocs. in 2015 to serve as its Washington representative.
The Pentagon closed Fort Monmouth in the 2005 round of base shutdowns.
It also consolidated Fort Dix, McGuire Air Force Base and Naval Air Station Lakehurst into the country’s only tri-service facility.
The joint base contributes $7B to the Jersey’s economy. It employs more than 40K people.
Jersey’s Legislature may restore the military lobbying funds under a revised budget. The budget must be approved by July 1.
Knob Petroleum, which is based in Panama City, has retained Ballard Partners to explore opportunities in Venezuela.
Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck has signed to represent Eastern Air Holdings, which operates deportation flights for Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
Ballard Partners has lined up Australia’s Energy Transition Minerals company, an explorer and developer of rare earths minerals opportunities. It touts its Greenland property as having the potential to become the biggest rare earths producer in the western world.
Abbvie has retained Trump-connected Winston-Salem-based Checkmate Government Relations for healthcare matters and issues related to the life sciences sector.
Netflix has retained Bloom Strategic Counsel for regulatory matters regarding its proposed $83B merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
