1st Quarter - Report — CARDENAS PARTNERS, LLC for MONROE COUNTY, FL (2012)

Firm

CARDENAS PARTNERS, LLC

Client

MONROE COUNTY, FL

Income

$20,000

Expenses

—

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Monitoring the FY2013 Spending bills. Updating the client as needed on cuts made to the budget that are important or impact the client. Assisting the client in advocating for programs and initiatives of importance.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ALBERTO CARDENAS	—
CARL CHIDLOW	—
EMILY ZAMMIT	Staff Asst/Leg Coor- Cong Mario Diaz-Balart

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

researching and pursuing funding opportunities for the client's wastewater upgrade initiatives. Monitoring a possible WRDA bill. Monitoring the RESTORE Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ALBERTO CARDENAS	—
CARL CHIDLOW	—
EMILY ZAMMIT	Staff Asst/Leg Coor - Cong Mario Diaz-Balart

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Transportation TRA

monitoring the extensions of the transportation bill as well as language for a new highway bill

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ALBERTO CARDENAS	—
CARL CHIDLOW	—
EMILY ZAMMIT	Staff Asst/Leg Coor - Cong Mario Diaz-Balart

Contacted: Transportation, Dept of (DOT); Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS)

Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation RES

Assisting the client in contacting the federal government in regards to a land use issue revolving around the endangered species act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
ALBERTO CARDENAS	—
CARL CHIDLOW	—
EMILY ZAMMIT	Staff Asst/Leg Coor - Cong Mario Diaz-Balart

Contacted: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers); Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.