Posted AT 4:34 AM EDT on 09/04/08
Watchdog quits in blow to lobbyist registry
TORONTO — Toronto's first lobbyist watchdog quit yesterday after just 14 months on the job, amid political infighting and mounting discomfort among councillors over the rules that now record who talks to whom at city hall.
The lobbyist registry, the first of its kind at the municipal level, was one of 32 recommendations of the 2005 Bellamy inquiry into a computer-leasing scandal that exposed influence-peddling at city hall.
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