The Inside Scoop
Mr. Perkins goes to Washington
Mayor Robbie Perkins took his first lobbying trip to our nation's capital last week.
He had two jam-packed days of meetings with staff members from the local federal delegation, the governor's D.C. representative, and staff for the DOJ and DOT.
The trip was arranged by the city's brand new lobbyist. It's a switch in strategy from the last city council, which said it wasn't worth the city's money to pay a lobbyist.
Perkins said he spent him talking up the aerotropolis concept and the joint nanotech school. He said he is confident the city has a strategy to "bring money home from Washington."
"We are long overdue in putting together a lobbying strategy in Washington," Perkins said. "They’re spending lots of money in Washington all of the time. There are places that have programs that could help us achieve some of our community’s goals."
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