My good friend, the Late Dick Manley, former President of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation used to teach a weekend class in Lobbying at the McCormack Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. This is taken from my lecture to students in the Masters Program on Public Policy, edited for a more general audience. Thanks for the opportunity to talk to you today. I'd like to talk to you about lobbying and the legislature. Lobbying is an integral part of the culture