St. Charles Parish Council members argued over who should represent the parish in Washington, but ultimately chose a firm founded by former U.S. Rep. Billy Tauzin.
Council members Carolyn Schexnaydre, Terry Authement and Paul Hogan voted against the $258,000 two-year contract for lobbying services.
St. Charles is the first public client for Tauzin Consultants, which was founded by Tauzin and his son Tom in December.
The new lobby shop of former Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and his son Tom has registered its first client.
The San-Francisco based tech company Resilient Networks Systems has hired Tauzin Consultants to help lobby on the deployment of electronic medical records under the healthcare reform law among other issues, according to lobbying disclosure records.
Former PhRMA chief Billy Tauzin said Thursday that he has opened his own lobbying shop and will share clients with lobbying law firm Alston + Bird.
The news comes a day after Alston + Bird announced, and Tauzin confirmed, that they would be teaming up while providing only vague details about Tauzin’s new role. On Wednesday, the firm’s press release said Tauzin would serve as a special legislative counsel, but it did not describe the nature of the arrangement.
