Talk:Stephen Wojdak

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A graduate of the University of Scranton and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, he was elected to represent the 169th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1968. He served four terms in the House, ultimately serving as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, before retiring in 1976. The next year, he founded S. R. Wojdak & Associates, a lobbying firm with offices in Philadelphia and Harrisburg.

Additional facts and background, brand new paragraphs 3, 4, 5: Wojdak’s first lobbying client was the Hospital Association of Pennsylvania, and he was successful in securing $70 million in state to pay for indigent care at 320 Pennsylvania hospitals. From that initial client, Wojdak’s firm has developed into one of the premier lobbying firms in the state. The firm’s client list includes Fortune 500 companies, major universities and health care systems, cultural and tourist organizations, and trade associations. His firm has an unmatched expertise in securing state funding for clients and specializes in health care regulatory lobbying. He was instrumental in attempts to change Pennsylvania’s tort reform laws, telecommunications and electric deregulation efforts, and in obtaining state funds for the Pennsylvania Convention Center, the Wachovia Center, SEPTA, and Lincoln Financial Field.

Media reports have regularly hailed Wojdak as one of the most effective lobbyists in Harrisburg. In 1992, the Philadelphia Daily News dubbed Wojdak as the “King of Clout,” saying that “through savvy, contacts, and money, Stephen Wojdak is influencing public policy like no one else.6 In 1994, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, said that “so pervasive is the Harrisburg clout of Stephen Wojdak that some lawmakers refer to him as the 51st Senator” and a few years later, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, said that “of the 848 registered lobbyists in the state, Wojdak is considered to have the most clout.”  In 1999, Philadelphia Magazine, named him to its Power 100 list, saying he is a “player nonpareil of the Harrisburg lobbying game.”  Wojdak has hired several prominent former legislative staffers, including Joseph P. McLaughlin, a former Philadelphia deputy mayor, who managed the Philadelphia business of Wojdak & Associates in the 1990s.10 Martin Sellers, owner of Sellers-Dorsey, a national health care consulting firm, was a one of the founding members of the Wojdak firm.

In 2000, Wojdak founded a new public relations company, Bellevue Communications Group, which is headed by former Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Kevin A. Feeley. Bellevue Communications Group is a full-service public relations firm that provides an array of public relations and strategic communications services to its clients.

Cross1117 (talk) 20:25, 14 December 2010 (UTC)


 * As long as all claims have a valid citation and can be factually supported, I see no reason why the proposed edits should not be applied to this article.

Jekaurloto (talk) 17:13, 17 December 2010 (UTC)