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Government’s Great Business for Lobbyist Curtis Hertel

CLAIM: Curtis Hertel was the Governor’s Top Lobbyist

Hertel was the governor’s chief lobbyist inside the Capitol, overseeing a legislative affairs team that focused on getting her spending and policy priorities passed in a Democratic-controlled Legislature.

CLAIM: Hertel helped broker a deal that gave one-point-five million in taxpayer dollars to a politically connected group that was funded by the agency run by Hertel’s wife. A member of the group’s board, served with Hertel’s father.

“Key U.S. House Hopeful Moved From Whitmer’s Office To Nonprofit Tied To $1.5M Grant.”

CLAIM: Curtis Hertel got a six-figure contract. A politically connected pay day?

“In less than a week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s top lobbyist, Curtis Hertel Jr., went from negotiating the state’s $82 billion budget to working for a Flint-based nonprofit that’s expected to benefit from money provided through the legislation…”