Just who makes up Rep. Don Young’s “A Team,” the nine transportation lobbyists listed in Young’s “Intern Survival Guide” who “can talk to whoever they want” when they call his congressional office?
We’ve put together a snapshot of each “team” member. Pictures, mysterious silhouettes and more after the jump.
Rick Alcalde is the first person listed on the Survival Guide, and also the most suspiciously entrenched in Young’s affairs. He represented Daniel Aronoff, the wealthy Florida developer for whom Young secured the controversial Coconut Road earmark. He is a lobbyist at Potomac Partners in DC.
Jack Ferguson runs his own lobby shop and at one time ran Young’s leadership PAC, the Midnight Sun PAC.
Randy DeLay is the brother of former House majority leader Tom DeLay and currently a lobbyist for a number of different clients, mostly in South and West Texas, including Brownsville’s Brazos Island Harbor and the Corpus Christi Packery Channel dredging projects, as well as a railway-truck bridge to Mexico and other projects.
Billy Lee Evans is a former congressman from Georgia. He works as a lobbyist for Kessler and Associates, whose founder has reportedly arranged millions of dollars in travel for members of Congress.
Mike Henry is a former legislative assistant for Young and now a lobbyist for Alpine Group.
Jay Dickey is a former Arkansas Congressman and now a lobbyist for JD Consulting (his own consulting firm).
Duncan Smith was a staffer for Young, a member of the Alaska Fisheries Board, and is now a lobbyist for Blank Rome.
C.J. Zane is a former chief of staff for Young and now a lobbyist at Blank Rome, with his buddy Duncan Smith.
Colin Chapman is, like Zane, another former chief of staff for Young turned lobbyist. He worked at Rhoads Group Consulting before opening up shop for himself as Chapman Capital Consulting.