Ohio · Texas · 2011 – Sep-Dec09

Brian Williams

Named as receiving meals, gifts, travel or entertainment in 19 lobbying expenditure filings, from 5 different organisations or lobbyists.

$1,318 across the 18 items that carry an exact figure. The other 1 are filed as a bracket rather than an amount, so the real total is higher and cannot be calculated from what the state publishes.

What this is and is not. These are items that lobbyists and their employers reported spending, naming this person as a recipient. The filings themselves never say whether a named person is a legislator, a member of staff, a family member or a guest at the same event — Texas codes every one of them "INDIVIDUAL" — so any role shown above comes from matching the name against a published roster, and its absence means only that no match was found. Nothing here is a payment to them.

Who reported spending on them

Organisation or lobbyist	Items	Disclosed
KnowledgeWorks	14	$1,180
Greater Akron Chamber	2	$130
Summit County Children Services Board	1	$6
Philanthropy Ohio	1	$1
Romo, Joel (Mr.)	1	—

What it was for

Category	Items
TDPE Lodging	4
Lunch	4
Breakfast	3
TDPE Lodging 2 nights	1
TDPE Meals (2)	1
Book	1
Continental Breakfast	1
Clock Award in recognition of commitment to education and workforce development	1
Award Luncheon Meal for Representative and three family members	1
Coffee	1
Food and beverage	1