Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Don Wesely leaving lobbyist job with animal-welfare group

A month after Gov. Dave Heineman blasted Don Wesely for lobbying for the Humane Society of the United States, the former Lincoln mayor has severed his ties with a client he has represented in the Nebraska Legislature for the past four years. Wesely said Monday he and his colleagues at O'Hara Lindsay Government Relations decided to act after another client raised concerns about their association with the national animal welfare organization. "We have about 25 clients," he said, "and if one of those clients comes to us and they're concerned about a conflict of interest we may have with another client -- and if we find a conflict of interest -- the longer-term client takes precedence with us." He declined to name the organization that set that choice in motion. Heineman singled out Wesely for attention during the Nebraska Cattlemen's Convention in Kearney in December, maintaining that "no Nebraskan should be working for the HSUS."...more

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Conflict of interest? How about Governor Heineman who's behaving more like a PR man for big ag than a representative of ALL his constituents!