company industry lobbying founded 1985 1 headquarters 230 state street harrisburg pennsylvania key people bill greenlee founder 1938 2010 stan rapp partner matt steck partner john mcnichol partner website http www.greenleepartners.com greenlee partners llc is a lobbying firm in pennsylvania possibly best known as the republican leaning firm that represented the city of philadelphia in the 1990s . firm history edit it was founded in 1980 by bill greenlee as greenlee associates . 1 they changed their name to greenlee partners in 2000 . 2 the firm has offices in washington d.c. harrisburg pennsylvania philadelphia and pittsburgh . 3 they are known for their connections to pennsylvania governor tom ridge s administration . 4 the firm produces a daily report on political activities called harrisburg online . 5 in a 2002 article about the surprise resignation of representative john e. barley the political analysis from harrisburg online was quoted in the sunday news of lancaster pennsylvania . 6 in 2009 the pennsylvania report called greenlee partners the gold standard of lobbying firms in pennsylvania . 5 in a 1997 article about pittsburgh power & light s lobbying presence in harrisburg the pittsburgh post gazette called greenlee partners a powerhouse firm . 7 the same description was used in another 1997 article about a charitable event hosted by members of the harrisburg lobbying community . 8 in a 1998 article about alleged astroturf lobbying efforts by alliedsignal the philadelphia inquirer called greenlee one of the capital s most visible lobbying firms . 9 in a 1998 article about greenlee s lobbying on behalf of the pittsburgh steelers and pittsburgh pirates the pittsburgh post gazette called greenlee one of the best known firms in harrisburg . 10 former managing director robert ewanco is paid 10 000 per month to lobby the pennsylvania general assembly on behalf of the government of allegheny county pennsylvania . 11 12 the dan onorato administration credits him with a 20 fold return in the form of appropriations for a widening project on pennsylvania route 28 as well as a footbridge and security cameras at duquesne university . 12 lobbying activities and issues edit after the pennsylvania house of representatives was taken over by the republicans in the 1990s the city of philadelphia hired republican lobbyist holly kinser and the republican leaning greenlee partners to lobby the house on its behalf . 13 under that lobbying contract kinser was instrumental in passing a rental car tax that helped fund philadelphia s new stadiums the airport expansion funding and the one percent hotel tax that fuels the greater philadelphia tourism marketing corporation . 14 amid a 2008 lawsuit about land use issues the albert einstein healthcare network in philadelphia alleged that greenlee partners and others may be covertly directing and funding legal proceedings against the hospital . 15 in 2008 the pittsburgh tribune review questioned the necessity of the port authority of allegheny county s lobbying contract with greenlee partners and raised questions about the propriety of greenlee s relationship with house transportation committee chairman rick geist . 12 16 references edit a b bill greenlee founder . greenleepartners.com . greenlee partners . business news in brief . philadelphia inquirer . december 5 2000 . our firm . greenleepartners.com . greenlee partners . neri al august 2002 . who s got currency at the state capitol . the insider . a b pa report 100 . pennsylvania report . capitol growth . january 23 2009 . archived from the original pdf on 2009 08 14 . adams helen colwell january 20 2002 . mu pundit rep. barley was indeed harassed . sunday news . lancaster pennsylvania . shelly pete ; jack torry january 12 1997 . pp & l lobbyist joins catholic conference . pittsburgh post gazette . pp & l has hired the powerhouse firm of greenlee & associates to represent its interests on the hill . access date requires url help shelly pete june 8 1997 . pa . lawmakers and lobbyists meet and golf for good causes . pittsburgh post gazette . ... said stanley rapp a lobbyist with powerhouse greenlee associates and an event organizer . access date requires url help dilanian ken october 4 1998 . takeover fight grabs spotlight . . philadelphia inquirer . ... reported harrisburg online a daily e mail dispatch by greenlee associates which represents alliedsignal and is one of the capital s most visible lobbying firms . shelly peter january 16 1999 . lobbyists promoting stadium financing law . pittsburgh post gazette . ... greenlee associates lobby firm representing the steelers and pirates . it is one of the best known firms in harrisburg and represents numerous clients including the city of philadelphia highmark blue cross blue shield the pennsylvania newspaper publishers association and the philip morris management corp. lobbyist profile ewanco robert j. . pennsylvania lobbyist database . pennsylvania general assembly . archived from the original database on 2009 12 01 . a b c bumsted brad ; mike wereschagin november 29 2009 . lobbyist expenses wasteful critics say . pittsburgh tribune review . baer john ; john baer november 29 1999 . roadblock with capitol r. street facing huge obstacle with gop in control of house . philadelphia daily news . rubin erdely sabrina march 2003 . there s something about holly philadelphia magazine march 2003 . philadelphia . philadelphia pennsylvania metro corp. burling stacey july 17 2008 . mercy admits role fighting einstein . philadelphia inquirer . heyl eric june 20 2008 . how many lobbyists does it take to drive a bus . pittsburgh tribune review . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title greenlee partners & oldid 608103390 categories organizations based in harrisburg pennsylvanialobbying firms based in pennsylvaniahidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no url navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 may 2014 at 19 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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