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1. What is the Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation?
2. Do any of these members represent other counties as well?
3. How many legislators are there statewide?
4. Do other counties have organized Delegation offices?
5. How are Delegation offices established and who pays for them?
6. What is a "special act"?
7. What function does the Hillsborough Delegation office serve?
8. Can I make my opinion known to all 16 members without writing 16 separate letters?
9. Where is the local Delegation office and how may someone contact staff there?
10. Who staffs the office?
11. How do I identify who represents me?
12. Does the Hillsborough Delegation open an office in Tallahassee during the legislative session?
13. What is the difference between a legislator and a congressperson?
14. What is the difference between the duties of the Delegation office and the program within the county's Office of Public Affairs that also works with the Legislature?
15. Why are lobbyists often seen in such a negative light?: That's a good question because each of us acts as a lobbyist each and every day of our lives. A lobbyist's job is to educate each Legislator with regard to his or her position (or the position of whomever he or she is being paid to represent) on any given issue and then try to persuade each Legislator to vote favorably on that position.
Each of us does the same thing when we say, "Please buy me the striped tie instead of the polka dot one" (because it's more slimming on me) or "Can we have spaghetti instead of tuna for dinner?" (because I had a tuna sandwich at lunch) or "I would like the red balloon instead of the blue one" (it's my favorite color).; More information about lobbying can be found at OnLine Sunshine as well as registering as a lobbyist, both before the Legislature and before the Executive Branch of government.

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