Schools' foundations pay for lobbying firm

Schools' foundations pay for lobbying firm: "Schools' foundations pay for lobbying firm
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
By JEFF AMY
Staff Reporter
One of the centerpieces of a new push by the University of Alabama System and Auburn University to increase state appropriations is their decision to hire a private lobbying firm -- Fine, Geddie & Associates.
But the universities are not exactly the employers of the lobbying shop, widely regarded as one of Montgomery's most influential. "