Mack: Political consultants prioritize relationships with electeds over paying clients
David Mack · a16z Podcast | The Case Study of Lyft and Local Governments · Jan 2, 2019 · at 4:16
David Mack, former public policy executive at Lyft, explains the dynamics of hiring local lobbying consultants during an a16z podcast on municipal regulatory strategy.
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“The most important thing you remember though about the policy folks, God bless them all, is they have two clients. One client are the folks that are Paying them and engaging with them, so that would be us. The other client, and perhaps more valuable, always more valuable, are their relationships with the electeds. And so, there's always a tension between how hard you can have the consultants work on your behalf, sometimes in very uncomfortable situations, before they will go no further and not burn bridges.”
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