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Had a request from someone wanting me to link to one of their articles. Thought you might like to read the exchange.
G’day Matthew,
Thanks for reaching out. That was a blog post I made over 10 years ago. I archive them and almost never update them. I have enough on my plate without doing so and if I did, it would not be an archive, would it?
Plus, the link you provided was to a month’s worth of articles, not the specific article you sighted. I am not going to wade through all of them to find the one to which you were meaning to refer.
Some free advice. If you want a better hit rate on your requests you need to minimise the amount of work you generate by your requests.
I took a look at your article. While OK as far as it goes, it only addresses ISP donations, not the elephants in the room of pHarmaceuticals, munitions and weapons let alone those from George Soros and his many tentacles.
Also it also does not go so far as recommending the optimal solution of banning corporate donations and only permitting donations from individuals living in the electorate.
So, no, I do not think your article goes anywhere near as far as the subject or my readers deserve.
All the best.
On 10/06/2020 2:06 am, Matthew Irons wrote:>> Hi Tom,>> I hope you’re keeping well. I wanted to reach out to you about this article: https://www.tomgrimshaw.com/tomsblog/?m=201001.>> Lobbying is an important topic, one that hasn’t always received the coverage it should. Internet providers are some big spenders and I thought you might be interested in this piece we did: https://www.internetadvisor.com/how-much-does-your-internet-provider-spend-on-lobbying>> I saw that you mentioned ctia.org in your piece. How about linking to our article instead of ctia.org or as well? I’m sure your readers would appreciate the in-depth info we’ve collated on the topic.>> If it’s relevant to you, I do have budget for this project.>> Looking forward to hearing from you.>> Matthew>> Matthew Irons> internetadvisor.com