Here is Ron Book's Lobbyist list for 2010 as registered with the State of Florida (first) and Miami Dade County (second). He has about 96 "Open" clients and another 20 in Broward County. When you get tired of reading the LONG list, also check out our extensive Ron Book file - under "Ron Book" in the index at right.
(Additionally hit this link):
AmTrust Insurance Services, Inc
901 NW 51st St Ste 100 Boca Raton, FL 33431
Effective: 02/09/2010
Anchor Towing, Inc
12555 Biscayne Blvd PMB 455 North Miami, FL 33138
Effective: 02/09/2010
Ashbritt
408 S Andrews Ave Ste 103 Pompano Beach, FL 33069
Effective: 02/09/2010
Assurance Financial Partners, LLC
2901 SW 149th Ave Ste 140 Miramar, FL 33027
Effective: 02/26/2010
AT&T
150 S Monroe St Ste 400 Tallahassee, FL 32301
Effective: 02/09/2010 (HIT READ MORE)
AutoNation, Inc
450 E Las Olas Blvd 12th Floor Ft Lauderdale, FL 33301
Industry Code: 522220
Effective: 02/09/2010
Bail Agents Independent League of Florida
424 S Congress Ave West Palm Beach, FL
Industry Code: 525990
Effective: 02/09/2010
Best Buddies International
100 SE 2nd St Ste 2200 Miami, FL 33131
Industry Code: 624110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Biscayne Bay Pilots
2911 Port Blvd Miami, FL 33132
Industry Code: 485991
Effective: 02/09/2010
Brevard County
2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way C301 Viera, FL 32940
Industry Code: 921120
Effective: 03/01/2010
Broward County
115 S Andrews Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33301
Industry Code: 921110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Broward County Clerk of Courts
201 SE 6th St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33301
Industry Code: 922110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Carlisle Development Group
2950 SW 27th Ave Ste 200 Miami, FL 33133
Industry Code: 236116
Effective: 02/09/2010
Children's Home Society
1485 S Semoran Blvd Ste 1448 Winter Park, FL 32792
Industry Code: 624110
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Aventura
19200 W Country Club Dr Aventura, FL 33180
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Cooper City
9090 SW 50th Place Cooper City, FL 33329-0910
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Hallandale Beach
400 S Federal Hwy Hallandale Beach, FL 33009
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Lauderdale Lakes
4300 NW 36 St Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Miami
3500 Pan American Dr Miami, FL 33130
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Miramar
2300 Civic Center Place Miramar, FL 33025
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of North Miami
776 NE 125th St North Miami, FL 33161
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of North Miami Beach
17011 NE 19th Ave North Miami Beach, FL 33162
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Palm Bay
120 Malabar Rd Palm Bay, FL 32907
Industry Code: 921120
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Pinellas Park
5141 78th Ave Pinellas Park, FL 33781
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of South Bay
335 SW 2nd Ave South Bay, FL 33493
Industry Code: 921110
Effective: 02/10/2010
City of Sunny Isles Beach
18070 Collins Ave Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Sunrise
777 Sawgrass Corporate Pky Sunrise, FL 33325
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Tallahassee
300 S Adams St Tallahassee, FL 32301
Industry Code: 921120
Effective: 02/09/2010
City of Tamarac
7525 NW 88 Ave Tamarac, FL 33321
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Inc
5701 W Sunrise Blvd Ft Lauderdale, FL 33313
Industry Code: 541990
Effective: 03/16/2010
Creditguard of America, Inc
5300 Broken Sound Blvd Ste 100 Boca Raton, FL 33487
Industry Code: 541990
Effective: 04/16/2010
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, Inc
3440 Hollywood Blvd Ste 100 Hollywood, FL 33021
Industry Code: 813211
Effective: 02/09/2010
Driver's Rights Inc
2298 S Dixie Hwy Miami, FL 33133
Industry Code: 541110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Apartment Association
1133 W Morse Blvd Ste 201 Winter Park, FL 32789
Industry Code: 531110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Association of Forensic Professionals
14000 E Palomino Dr Southwest Ranches, FL 33330
Industry Code: 813920
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc
2475 Apalachee Pky Ste 205 Tallahassee, FL 32301
Industry Code: 813319
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Children's Services Council, Inc
216 S Monroe St Tallahassee, FL 32301
Industry Code: 624110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Heart Research Institute
4770 Biscayne Blvd Ste 500 Miami, FL 33137
Industry Code: 541771
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Panthers
One Panther Pky Sunrise, FL 33323
Industry Code: 711219
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Power & Light Company
215 S Monroe St Ste 810 Tallahassee, FL 32301
Industry Code: 221122
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida Regional Councils Association
18851 NE 29th Ave Ste 1010 Aventura, FL 33180
Industry Code: 813990
Effective: 02/09/2010
Florida WIC Grocers Association
8425 NW 29th St Miami, FL 33122
Industry Code: 445110
Effective: 02/09/2010
GEO Group, Inc, The
621 NW 53rd St Ste 700 Boca Raton, FL 33487
Industry Code: 922140
Effective: 02/09/2010
Grant Street Group
1800 Allegheny Bldg 429 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Industry Code: 541511
Effective: 02/09/2010
Health Choice Network
9064 NW 13 Terrace Miami, FL 33172
Industry Code: 621491
Effective: 02/09/2010
InCharge Debt Solutions
2101 Park Center Dr Ste 320 Orlando, FL 32835
Industry Code: 541990
Effective: 04/30/2010
Indian River County
1840 25th St Vero Beach, FL 32960-3365
Industry Code: 521190
Effective: 02/09/2010
Interior Design Associations Foundation
250 Royal Ct Delray Beach, FL 33444
Industry Code: 813920
Effective: 02/09/2010
Merrill-Stevens
1270 NW 11th St Miami, FL 33125
Industry Code: 336611
Effective: 02/09/2010
Miami Beach Community Health Center
710 Alton Rd Miami Beach, FL 33139
Industry Code: 621498
Effective: 02/09/2010
Miami Project/Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis
Lois Pope Life Center 1095 NW 14th Terrace Miami, FL 33136
Industry Code: 541710
Effective: 02/09/2010
Miami-Dade County
111 NW 1st St Ste 1032 Miami, FL 33128
Industry Code: 921140
Effective: 02/09/2010
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
1450 NE 2 Ave Miami, FL 33132
Industry Code: 611110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Mount Sinai Medical Center
4300 Alton Rd Miami, FL 33140
Industry Code: 621493
Effective: 02/09/2010
Museum of Discovery & Science
401 SW 2nd St Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312
Industry Code: 712110
Effective: 05/06/2010
Neptune Wholesale, Inc
768 E Dania Beach Blvd Dania, FL 33004
Industry Code: 424990
Effective: 02/09/2010
New Horizons Community Mental Health Center, Inc
1313 NW 36th St Ste 400 Miami, FL 33142
Industry Code: 621112
Effective: 02/09/2010
Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, Inc
Rohde Bldg 401 NW 2nd Ave S-212 Miami, FL 33128
Industry Code: 624110
Effective: 02/09/2010
Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners
315 Court St Clearwater, FL 33756
Industry Code: 921120
Effective: 02/09/2010
Pinnacle Housing Group
9400 S Dadeland Blvd Ste 100 Miami, FL 33156
Industry Code: 236116
Effective: 02/09/2010
Public Health Trust-Jackson Memorial Hospital
1611 NW 12th Ave Miami, FL 33136
Industry Code: 621493
Effective: 02/09/2010
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic Florida
6704 SW 80th St Miami, FL 33143
Industry Code: 611710
Effective: 02/09/2010
Republic Services, Inc
751 NW 31st Ave Ft Lauderdale, FL 33311
Industry Code: 562111
Effective: 02/09/2010
South Broward Hospital District
1131 N 35th Ave Hollywood, FL 33021
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
Spectrum Programs & Miami Behavioral Health Center
11031 NE 6th Ave Miami, FL 33161
Industry Code: 621112
Effective: 02/09/2010
Sun Life Stadium
2269 Dan Marino Blvd Miami Gardens, FL 33056
Industry Code: 711219
Effective: 02/16/2010
Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA
444 N Capitol St NW Ste 399 Rogers, AR 72758
Industry Code: 325412
Effective: 02/09/2010
Turnberry Associates
19501 Biscayne Blvd Ste 400 Aventura, FL 33180
Industry Code: 531312
Effective: 02/09/2010
University of Miami
Ashe Administration Bldg Rm 230 Coral Gables, FL 33146
Industry Code: 611310
Effective: 02/09/2010
Vehicle Production Group
1425 Brickell Ave Ste 54-E Miami, FL 33133
Industry Code: 336111
Effective: 02/09/2010
Village of Bal Harbour
655 96th St Bal Harbour, FL 33154
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
Village of Palmetto Bay
8950 SW 152nd St Palmetto Bay, FL 33157
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
Village of Royal Palm Beach
Royal Palm Beach Blvd Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411
Industry Code: 921190
Effective: 02/09/2010
Vitas Healthcare Corporation
100 S Biscayne Blvd 15th Floor Miami, FL 33132-2304
Industry Code: 621610
Effective: 02/09/2010
West Flagler Kennel Club, Inc
401 NW 38th Ct Miami, FL 33126
Industry Code: 711212
Effective: 02/09/2010
Westchester General Hospital
2500 SW 75 Ave Miami, FL 33155
Industry Code: 621493
Effective: 02/09/2010
White Rock Quarries
101 Sansbury's Way West Palm Beach, FL 33411
Industry Code: 212312
Effective: 02/09/2010
Miami Dade County:
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC 1/26/2009
NONE Open
LENNAR 11/24/2008
NONE Open
FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF FORENSIC PROFESSIONALS 11/18/2008
RETIREMENT ISSUES Open
CVR 10/7/2008
NONE Withdrawn
GRANT STREET GROUP 9/16/2008
ONLINE AUCTION SERVICES-CLERK OF COURTS, TAX COLLECTION, MANAGEMENT & REVENUE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Open
GEO CARE, INC 3/13/2008
NONE Open
ELECTROLYTIC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION 2/28/2008
SOUTH DADE WATER TREATMENT PLANT-KLORIGEN SOLUTIONS Open
QUADEL CONSULTING CORPORATION 9/11/2006
NONE Open
DOLPHIN STADIUM CORPORATION 7/7/2006
ZONING MATTERS Open
MERRILL STEVENS DOCK COMPANY 6/23/2006
MODERNIZATION AND EXPANSION OF BOATYARD Open
WAL-MART STORES INC 6/20/2006
NONE Withdrawn
ANCHOR TOWING 4/10/2006
TOWING/POLICE DEPT Open
CONTINENTAL GLASS SYSTEMS 11/29/2005
PRODUCT APPROVAL Open
MIAMI BEACH COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER 5/26/2005
NONE Open
FLORIDIANS FOR A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD 11/22/2004
SLOT MACHINE REFERENDUM Withdrawn
VILLAGE OF BAL HARBOUR 4/13/2004
WATER AND SEWER ISSUE Open
CITY OF NORTH MIAMI 12/19/2003
NONE Open
FOSTER CONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH FLORIDA 11/24/2003
NONE Withdrawn
VANGUARD CAR RENTAL USA INC 11/24/2003
NONE Open
BROWARD ADJUSTMENT SERVICES 4/4/2003
COLLECTORS CONTRACT Open
ASHBRITT 2/28/2003
CANAL DREDGING CONTRACT Open
SWERDLOW REAL ESTATE GROUP INC 11/28/2000
DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET FACILITY Open
WHITE ROCK QUARRIES 10/17/2000
LAND USE Open
MIAMI DOLPHINS 5/23/2000
NAMING OF NW 199 STREET Open
15 comments:
ron is 'booked'
perhaps he will hire some of the guys from under the bridge.
I wonder why Book's client list is so long? Oh yeah, because he is THE BEST! Stop drinking the Hater-Ade.
Where in this post does it say we HATE Ron Book. We posted information for our readers. But he is an arrogant, self-absorbed guy now that you ask. He has been in the unique position to lobby for both sides...see our file. If that is what you call "the best" well - perhaps you are Ron Book.
he works harder than anyone, why don't you print that? Call some of his clients and ask them
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2008-10-09/news/lobbyist-ron-book-tries-to-tackle-the-housing-crisis/
You forgot this one GoD:
Conflict of interest shuts down lobbyist Ron Book’s work for bail industry
23 March 2010, 5:12 am
By Dan Christensen, BrowardBulldog.org
Flagged by Broward officials for a conflict of interest, county lobbyist Ron Book has agreed to stop pushing for a new state law that county officials say would seriously undermine Broward’s pretrial intervention program and cost local taxpayers millions.
The new law is being sought by another of Book’s clients, the Florida bail bond industry. It would restrict access to county-run pretrial release programs by establishing new, statewide eligibility requirements for defendants seeking to get out of jail, forcing the county to spend more in keeping inmates behind bars.
County support for the pretrial program has wavered over the years; nevertheless, critics say Book should not be involved in representing the bail bond industry on the issue.
Broward County pays Book $53,000 a year plus $2,000 in expenses to lobby in Tallahassee.
At Tuesday’s commission meeting, Commissioner Lois Wexler said that if passed the law would “decimate” local pretrial release programs and place huge financial burdens on counties across the state.
Wexler added that she wants her money’s worth from the lobbyist that many consider to be the most influential in Florida.
“I want Mr. Book on my team…I don’t want him neutral,” Wexler said.
At Book’s urging, Broward commissioners passed an ordinance in January 2009 restricting access to the program run by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. The proposed change in state law would further tighten the bondsmen’s noose on the pretrial program.
“I guess the bail bond companies didn’t get richer or increase their bottom line enough by what we did a year and a half ago, so now they’re going in for the kill,” Wexler said in an interview.
“This bill makes money the determination of justice,” said Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein.
Book declared a “potential conflict” in a March 8 letter to the county after a county official told him the county opposed the pretrial measure. He asked the county to waive its conflict rules to “allow me to continue my representation of the bail industry.”
Those rules recognize the potential for conflict of interest in dual representation, but only when the Legislature is in session as it is now.
Broward has yet to rule on that request, but the matter may now be moot. On Friday, Book agreed honor the demand of another client, Miami-Dade County, which decided it did not want Book lobbying on the pretrial detention issue.
“I am in the process of extricating myself from the issue,” he said.
Wexler said Book may be disingenuous when he says he’ll stop lobbying the issue.
“The word on the street is that he’s already secured the votes for them so he can now afford to be neutral,” said Wexler.
Book may be out of the legislative game on the pretrial detention bill, but his sympathies were clear in a parting shot Monday at Finkelstein – his chief Broward antagonist.
“Public policy is on our side. And contrary to what Howard Finkelstein thinks, nobody died and left him in charge of what’s right and wrong in this world,” said Book.
This isn’t the first time Book’s work for the bail industry has put him at odds with his clients at county hall.
The January 2009 vote was accompanied by intense behind the scenes lobbying and public controversy. And 11 years ago, Book apologized when Broward commissioners asked him to explain why he had pushed a bill that would have weakened the county’s pretrial detention program and cost the county millions.
“Hopefully, you don’t make the same mistake again,” Commissioner Ilene Lieberman said at the time, according to The Miami Herald.
Book said Pete Antonacci of the GrayRobinson law firm will now lead the lobbying effort. Antonacci said the next hearing is Friday in Tallahassee at the House criminal and civil justice committee.
Continued...
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“We have very good support in the House and Senate,” Antonacci said.
The House and Senate are considering two versions of the proposed law, HB445 and SB782. The sponsors are two powerful Republicans – Lake Mary Rep. Chris Dorworth, Speaker of the House designate for 2014-2016, and St. Augustine Sen. John Thrasher, the new chairman of the Republican Party of Florida.
A staff analysis of the House bill reported pretrial program data collected from about a half-dozen counties, including Miami-Dade and Palm Beach.
Miami-Dade said approximately 55 percent of their current pretrial clients, nearly 7,300 people, would be ineligible based on the bill’s requirements. In Palm Beach, the rate of ineligibility would rise to 67 percent, or 3,400 people.
Broward was not included in that analysis. But at Tuesday’s hearing Wexler said 1,750 Broward defendants who now use the program would no longer qualify if the law passes.
A fiscal analysis sought to project how much it would cost to keep those extra people in jail for the average length of time it takes to get cases resolved in each county.
In Miami-Dade, where the per day cost to keep an inmate in jail is $134.27, that cost would be $1 million to $10 million depending on how many of those 7,300 extra inmates remained in jail until their cases were resolved. In Palm Beach, the range was $1.3 million to $12.8 million.
Those worrisome numbers are fueling opposition to the bill among the 28 counties that have pretrial programs.
But that’s a plus to Antonacci.
“In some ways it helps because I don’t think they have a particularly good track record in Tallahassee. Every time out they say the sky is falling and it doesn’t happen. People become a little numb,” he said.
I know the definition and intent of a 'lobbyist' but what exactly does he do? Is it taking lawmakers out to lunch/dinner/trips, etc on his dime so they feel they owe him? Does he write up white papers for his point of view (ie whoever's paying him)?
And why does he carry so much influence? What does he do that so many people want him to represent them?
He does have cities and non-profits on there.
But, it is cozy for him, with his employee (unless she has quit) being the sister of the mayors confidante, Vicki Malette
Dear Genius:
A correction to your list.
A few weeks ago, Ron Book's contract was NOT renewed by the City of Hallandale Beach -during the Florida Legislature's annual session no less!
That it was done in a very unprofessional way is par for the course in this very poorly-managed ocean-side city, but to do so during the Legislature's session only proves how truly myopic HB City Hall is.
I was already planning on writing about this subject later this week, but since you have sort of pre-empted me a bit, I will give you a few details.
Book's firm was hired by the city to replace former city lobbyist Larry Smith, the former South Broward congressman, a man I came to loathe after watching him in action up close for years while I lived and worked in Washington, D.C., and was spending LOTS of quality time on Capitol Hill.
(I was even there in the Rayburn Building on a fateful day during the reign of Bush 41, where during a long and torturous Foreign Affairs mark-up, Larry Smith voted against the State Dept.'s plan to sell certain missiles to Kuwait, because State and the Pentagon were afraid that Iraq would invade.
Well, we all know how that ended up, but what you and most South Floridians don't know -because nobody in South Florida's news media ever reported it- was that Larry Smith said that he was against the plan it because he knew
the missiles would be used against -wait for it- Israel. Really.
So Smith and a couple of other super pro-Israel members of the Foreign Affairs Comm. -back when Dante Fascell was Chairman- voted it down. FYI: The photo of Fascell at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Fascell is the very painting that hangs in the
House Foreign Affairs Comm. Chambers.
I used to think about Larry Smith's foolish vote every time I heard about an American casualty during the First Gulf War, which since I lived in Arlington County, meant that I knew lots of people affected by that war.)
A few months ago, Book's firm was planning on sending some pertinent docs down to the city, but when they called, the person on the other end of the phone at HB City Hall said something along the lines of, "Uhh... don't you guys already know?"
Book's firm found out after the fact that WEEKS earlier, the city had decided they were history. Why? That's a very good question.
Perhaps someone in South Florida's professional news media might some day think to ask Mayor Joy Cooper that question, especially now that they know.
I'll have more details on my blog soon, including the name of the person who had to tell Ron Book that he and his firm had been canned during THE most important
time of the year in Tallahassee, but had never even been given the courtesy of a personal phone call to get the news.
That's just a snapshot of everyday life in Hallandale Beach under the Joy Cooper and Mike Good regime.
Know anyone who'd make a good City Manager? I ask because well be looking for one very, very soon.
For a great Jim Defede article on how Ron Book conducts his lobbying business,
click here.
Ron Book gets hired because he gets results. He spreads the campaign money around and he is tenacious to the point of obnoxious for most of his clients. His Rolodex is the envy of Tallahassee. I don't like him personally or his way of talking over others, but bottom line - he gets results.
I'll tell you who RON BOOK DOESN"T represent....taxpayers and consumers
We are not on his dance card and thanks to our ethically challenged politicians Ron has his way with us and he doesn't even have to kiss us first.
The Defede article on Ron Book was excellent. Thanks for posting that, anon. I was surprised to learn that he pleaded guilty to 4 counts of illegal campaign contributions. The arrest for insurance fraud was shocking, too. Isnt there a point where someone can be too sleazy to receive our tax money?
Quitting is pathetic.
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