In Nystrom: Novo Nordisk hired lobbyists to kill 2019 Alec Smith Emergency Insulin Act, Bluestem reported:
Bluestem recalls reading the registration of two lobbyists by the insulin behemoth on the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board: Ben Golnik and David Moody (designated lobbyist). Both individuals registered in March. Novo Nordisk is Moody's only client and his email is a Novo Nordisk address; in 2010, Moody gave $175 to the Kandiyohi County DFL.**see update below . . .
Update 7/14/2019, 12:34 a.m.:A reader writes to tell us that a David Moody has been the treasurer of the Kandiyohi County DFL party unit for many years; this David C. Moody has a different address--in Willmar as opposed to one in Ann Arbor, Michigan enjoyed by the lobbyist--than the registered lobbyist. As the Kandiyohi County treasurer Moody is a Willmar attorney, we suspect that the View lobbyist contributions link on the registered lobbyist's place in the database is an error on the part of the CFB. We apologize for the confusion. We will contact the board to make sure this conclusion is correct.[end update]
In an email from Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board Executive Director Jeff Sigurdson in response to a query left in voicemail, the board director replied:
Ms. Sorensen,
You were correct about the David Moody contribution, that contribution was made by another David Moody at a different address. The master name match in the donor database that identifies lobbyist donations somehow failed in this case. My database administrator is trying to find the reason, but in the short term the record for that contribution was corrected.
Thanks for pointing out the error.
In our turn, we're grateful to the reader in Willmar who pointed out that the David Moody who gave $175 to the Kandiyohi County DFL in 2010 was the committee's long-time treasurer and unlikely a pharma industry lobbyist. Our apologies to Mr. Moody.
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