L.A. lobby/P.R. firm Rose & Kindel near deal to be acquired.Rose & Kindel, one of L.A.'s premier lobbying and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. firms, is in negotiations to be acquired by a major international public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most company, a source close to the company said. Under a deal still being hammered out late last week, Rose & Kindel would become an autonomous unit of a "large company in the industry with a national reach," said another source close to the talks. "This deal would greatly increase the resources available to Rose & Kindel while still leaving the firm free to function on its own." Last week, Rose & Kindel spokeswoman Alicia Maldonado said there was no news to report and declined to elaborate. None of the sources named a potential buyer. However, word that Rose & Kindel was close to being acquired was making the rounds within the close-knit world of L.A. lobbyists. Rose & Kindel was founded in 1987 by Maureen Kindel, a confidante con·fi·dante n. 1. A woman to whom secrets or private matters are disclosed. 2. A woman character in a drama or fiction, such as a trusted friend or servant, who serves as a device for revealing the inner thoughts or intentions and commissioner under then-L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley Noun 1. Tom Bradley - United States politician who was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles (1917-1998) Bradley, Thomas Bradley , and Cristina Rose, who was one of the first women lobbyists in Sacramento. It quickly gained a reputation as one of the city's top lobbying firms and now has 10 registered lobbyists and a total staff of 23 at offices in downtown L.A. and Sacramento. In the mid-1990s, the Air Transport Association, which represents most major airlines, hired Rose & Kindel to fight an attempt by then-Mayor Richard Riordan to divert airport revenues to the city's general fund. The ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment , which argued that the airport fell under federal, not city, jurisdiction, won a federal court case. A few years later, Rose & Kindel represented locally-based health maintenance organizations as they tried to get the city to reduce their business license taxes. The HMOs argued the taxes were too burdensome and even threatened to relocate outside the city. After a three-year fight, the city agreed to lower the tax rates. More recently, Rose & Kindel represented developers of the massive Playa playa or pan or flat or dry lake Flat-bottomed depression that is periodically covered by water. Playas occur in interior desert basins and adjacent to coasts in arid and semiarid regions. Vista project in West Los Angeles
In 2003, Rose & Kindel reported billings of nearly $5 million, Maldonado said. Of those, $873,000 came from clients having business before the city of Los Angeles
In the first quarter of 2004, the latest quarter for which figures were available from the Ethics Commission, Rose & Kindel reported receiving $210,000 from clients having business before the city. |
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