Washington DC Massage Parlors: Questions for … Joe Steranka, CEO of the PGA of America
Written on February 10, 2010 – 7:12 pm | by rubmedownthere
In January, the PGA of America, the Club Managers Association of America, the National Golf Course Owners Association and the Golf Course Superintendents Association announced it had collectively hired the Podesta Group, a powerful D.C. lobbying firm, to be its eyes and ears on Capitol Hill. How did all this get started?
Back in 2005 when I had been the CEO of the PGA for about a month there was some Hurricane Katrina tax-relief legislation being pushed through Christmas week. It was noticed within our industry because it put golf in a category with other industries such as casinos, racetracks, liquor stores and massage parlors as being excluded from being able to get tax relief for the redevelopment of the golf industry in areas affected by Katrina. After that I reached out to my fellow CEOs and we decided that we needed to form a coalition of golf organizations to get more strategic about getting the word out to Congress and elected officials at the state and local level about the economic, human and environmental benefits of golf.
See the full article from “Golf.com”