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St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St.
01 March 2006
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POLITICAL FIX: Lobbying both s
Rodney Boyd lobbies for the St. Louis Police Board, which favors a bill that would increase maximum salaries for city police officers.
Boyd also lobbies for St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, who says the city can’t afford the roughly $6 million pay package.
The lobbyist’s dual role has confused legislators who are weighing the plan, says the St. Louis Police Officers Association.
The association’s board voted 17-0 last week to complain to the Missouri Ethics Commission. President Kevin Ahlbrand and board member Gary Wiegert filed complaints last week, contending that Boyd has a conflict of interest.
The ethics commission is unlikely to get in the middle of the fray. Many lobbyists represent clients with diverse – sometimes opposing – interests.
Boyd sees no problem representing both the board and the mayor’s viewpoints. He said he is lobbying for the bill, sponsored by Sen. Harry Kennedy, D-St. Louis.
Boyd says that Slay told him: “You can pass it but I don’t have the money for it.”
Even if no funding is available now, the police board wants to pass the bill because it would give the city more control over salaries in the future, Boyd said.
“The essence of a conflict is when two people don’t want you representing their interests,” Boyd said. “The mayor’s office and the board have both said to me, ‘We think you’re a consensus builder, you’re going to get us where we need to be.’”
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