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Awards & Recognition
- Texas Lobby Power Rankings Capitol Inside – January, 2007
- Texas Lobby Power Rankings Capitol Inside – January, 2006
- Power: The 23 other most powerful people in Texas politics. Texas Monthly – February, 2005
News Releases
Lobby, Communications Professionals Launch New Consultancy
AUSTIN – The Texas Lobby Group, Walter Fisher & Associates, ROSS Communications Inc., and Sullivan Public Affairs today announced the launch of the Texas Capitol Group – a strategic partnership that brings together a powerful team of professionals offering a comprehensive blend of public affairs services for new clients including corporations, industry associations and coalitions, and non-profit organizations.
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Above the Fold
Austin Business Journal – January 20, 2006
Lobbyists Form Capitol Alliance
Ten of Austin’s most prominent lobbyists have joined forces to create a lobbying “dream team.”
Capitol mainstays such as Mike Toomey, former chief of staff for Gov. Rick Perry; former state Rep. Bill Messer; and Walter Fisher, former Texas Senate parlimentarian, have banded together to form the Texas Capitol Group. The group is a business alliance that capitalizes on decades of collective Capitol experience.
Austin American-Statesman – January 16, 2006
Texas Digest
Lobbying conglomerate formed
Four key lobbying and communications firms announced Thursday that they’re launching Texas Capitol Group to work with corporations, industry groups and non-profits. The partnership brings together the Texas Lobby Group, Walter Fisher and Associates, ROSS Communications Inc and Sullivan Public Affairs.
Its services will include lobbying, public relations and strategic counsel.
Texas Weekly – January 16, 2006
Political Notes
Some of the state’s top lobbyists and public affairs types have agreed to work together—sometimes—and to pitch some business together. The Texas Capitol Group would be better characterized as a friendly conspiracy than a company . . . The agreement to work together puts the group in competition for projects that often go to other firms …
Capitol Inside – January 12, 2006
Capitol Power Players Join Forces in New Group
Led by Influential Lobbyists Messer and Toomey
An influential collection of Austin lobbyists and consultants are concentrating their firepower into a new team called the Texas Capitol Group and predicting big results for the clients who enlist its services.
“The cumulative experience of our team is second to none,” said [Mike] Toomey, who served as chief of staff for both Clements and Perry in the governor’s office. Perry and Messer were members of the House at the same time Perry represented West Texas as a Democrat in the lower chamber in the 1980s.
Quorum Report – January 12, 2006
LOBBY, COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSONALS LAUNCH NEW CONSULTANCY
The Texas Lobby Group, Walter Fisher & Associates, ROSS Communications Inc., and Sullivan Public Affairs today announced the launch of the Texas Capitol Group – a strategic partnership that brings together a powerful team of professionals offering a comprehensive blend of public affairs services for new clients…