2/13/2005
DC Camera Lobbyist Gets No-Bid Contract from CityThe lobbyist for ACS' red light camera contract in Washington, D.C. also receives lucrative no-bid contracts with the city.
![Lobbyist Max Brown](/rlc/pix/maxbrown.jpg)
The top lobbyist on behalf of the District's red light camera contractor ACS also receives hundreds of thousands of dollars from the very city he is lobbying.
ACS has paid $500,000 to lobbyists who make political donations to Washington, D.C. city officials. Max Brown, a former aide to District Mayor Anthony Williams, is one of ACS' top lobbyists.
Since 2001, Brown's firm, Group 360, has received $688,000 from the D.C. government agencies, half if this amount coming from no-bid contracts. The majority of the money also comes from the city's Chief Technology Officer -- the same city official he was paid by ACS to lobby on behalf of red light cameras.
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"I am a bloodhound when it comes to chasing contracts. And on the lobbying stuff, I am a Sherpa making sure that people don't step into a crevasse," Brown said in an interview.Source: For Inside Player, D.C. Contacts Pay Off (Washington Post, 2/13/2005)
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