I appreciate the alternative commentary but isn’t it a good thing that we don’t register lobbyists. Registration is administratively burdensome, and the burdens fall hardest on small businesses. Registration is the first step towards regulation. As we have seen with regulation of lobbying at the state level, next comes financial disclosure, restrictions on who can lobby, fees that must be paid, prohibitions against lobbying for those that don’t do it the way the government wants them too, etc. Not such a great idea when dealing in an area of sensitive First Amendment concerns. Not registering lobbyists seems to me one of the few things the City of Tallahassee has gotten right, but it won’t last for long. Thanks, Don