Compassionate Cultivation and Marijuana Policy Project Hired DPS Chief of Governmental Relations at Texas Department of Public Safety in 2016

compassionate cultivation 2017 lobbying Texas funds

Compassionate Cultivation and Marijuana Policy Project Hired DPS Chief of Governmental Relations at Texas Department of Public Safety in 2016

In doing due diligence on who got T.C.U.P. licensing in Texas in 2015-2016, and how those companies are funded and which state they originated from, there was one entity that stood out as the only company which got awarded a license that claimed to be from Texas.

The one entity that claims to be from Texas has attorneys for owners. That made us even more interested.
Always follow the money.

Once we found that Compassionate Cultivation hired Kevin Cooper to lobby for them in 2017, and Marijuana Policy Project also hired that DPS officer to help them at the capitol, and the majority of patients of Texas got left in the cages AND hiring a employee of the state to lobby for a company violates Texas Ethics Laws, welp, sometimes all we can say is “welcome to Texas Politics.”

Sec. 556.005. EMPLOYMENT OF LOBBYIST. (a) A state agency may not use appropriated money to employ, as a regular full-time or part-time or contract employee, a person who is required by Chapter 305 to register as a lobbyist. Except for an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, a state agency may not use any money under its control to employ or contract with an individual who is required by Chapter 305 to register as a lobbyist.
https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.556.htm

compassionate cultivation 2017 lobbying Texas funds
compassionate cultivation 2017 lobbying Texas funds

Kevin Cooper
Chief of Governmental Relations-Texas DPS
Greater Austin
Government Relations
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-cooper-176aa44

Kevin Cooper ( Texas)
Clients:

  • 1) AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION
  • 2) CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA
  • 3) CIVICS EDUCATION INITATIVE
  • 4) COMPASSIONATE CULTIVATION, LLC
  • 5) DALLAS POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
  • 6) DYNEGY INC.
  • 7) MEXCOR
  • 8) MICROSOFT x2
  • 9) RELX GROUP, INC
  • 10) T-MOBILE USA
  • 11) TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
  • 12) TRI GLOBAL ENERGY / SUNFINITY SOLAR

https://lobbylinx.com/profile.php?profileid=11120212

Ethical violations should be a big deal, but in Texas, it is par for their course. As we know all too well.

If someone were to try and serve Compassionate Cultivation process, their information is listed here:
Compassionate Cultivation holdings LLC
Compassionate Cultivation holdings LLC

 

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COMPASSIONATE CULTIVATION HOLDINGS, LLC
Texas Taxpayer Number 32064530846
Mailing Address 3901 S LAMAR BLVD STE 260 AUSTIN, TX 78704-7990
Right to Transact Business in Texas ACTIVE
State of Formation TX
Effective SOS Registration Date 08/08/2017
Texas SOS File Number 0802786810
Registered Agent Name JOHN RUBIN
Registered Office Street Address 3901 S. LAMAR BLVD., SUITE 260 AUSTIN, TX 78704
 
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COMPASSIONATE CULTIVATION, LLC
Texas Taxpayer Number 32061479708
Mailing Address 500 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY BLDNG 4 STE 100 AUSTIN, TX 78746
Right to Transact Business in Texas ACTIVE
State of Formation TX
Effective SOS Registration Date 09/07/2016
Texas SOS File Number 0802536446
Registered Agent Name MICHAEL RUBIN
Registered Office Street Address 3901 S. LAMAR BLVD., STE. 260 AUSTIN, TX 78704
 
The process server might have a hard time finding this group.
Suite 100 is available for rent currently.
 
The address listed on the Texas Business License for Compassionate Cultivation is to the Rubin Law Firm at
3901 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 260
Austin, TX 78704
T 512-439-2299
F 512-233-0959
http://www.rubinlawtx.com/contact-us-main-page
 
Where does Compassionate Cultivation Exist at?
12701 Lowden Ln, Manchaca, TX 78652 is where their grow operation and dispensary is located.
 
In defense of these two organizations listed, concerning their direct knowledge that hiring someone from the state is a NO NO, it is doubtful that they went forward with the hiring of a lobbyist from DPS knowing that it was unethical,
As for Marijuana Policy Project and their involvement…. I, Lee West, was in the library at the State Capitol in Texas on an advocacy day in 2017, when Heather Fazio from MPP, was notified that she had to register as a lobbyist. She was surprised that she had to do so, and Jax Finkle from NORML Texas made the comment that because they are each small 501c3’s in each state, and their donations are under a certain amount that they don’t have to register as lobbyists. Since then, MPP has rebranded themselves as Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy.