As if his political purge of the state government and his sweetheart deals to raise the energy rates weren’t bad enough…
Maryland Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.’s personal lawyer has parlayed his close ties to the governor into a booming Annapolis government relations practice.
And because David Hamilton has emerged as a behind-the-scenes power broker without ever registering as a lobbyist, he’s been able to do what no Maryland lobbyist can: help clients get access to the governor and other policymakers, and then ask those same clients to donate to Ehrlich’s 2006 reelection campaign.
