Available Political Services

The following services are available. A variety of references can be provided upon request.

Quick Links for Political Services

Full Service Political Consulting
Examples of Recent Work
Absentee Voter Targeting
Voter List Analysis
Video & Audio Taping Services
Open Meetings Act (OMA)
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Traditional campaign consulting at all levels, focusing on conservative or moderate clients.

Petition-management and signature gathering.

Experience with campaign finance reporting and compliance, personally responsible for handling over $1 million in receipts. Successful defense of a statewide ballot initiative against complaints and successful offense against opposing statewide initiative uncovering more than $100,000 in under-reporting.

Media relations, with experience and contacts handling print and broadcast media on a state and nationwide basis.

Writing press releases, designing content and layout for literature such as fundraisers, brochures, and fact sheets.

Press Release Samples
& Archive (in PDF):

July 11, 2005 University of Michigan Settles Diversity-Data FOIA lawsuits by MAS. (MAS)
June 9, 2005 Secretary of State Dismisses Frivolous Campaign Finance Complaint filed by "By Any Means Necessary". (MCRI)
January 19, 2005 MCRI Challenges Governor Granholm, Politicians for Real Solutions.
January 6, 2006 MCRI Submits Over Half Million Signatures.
January 5, 2005 Media Advisory: Ward Connerly to Make Announcement in Capitol Blg.
January 3, 2005 Michigan Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of MCRI.
January 1, 2005 MCRI Asks Volunteers to Make Final Turn-in.
December 21, 2004 MCRI Will End College Admissions' Discrimination Against Women.
November 11, 2004 Study: Law Schools Hurt Minority Students Through Preferences.
October 12, 2004 Survey Shows 82% of Students Against Race Preferences and Consensus Among All Races.
October 6, 2004 MCRI Puts End to Minority Group Fighting for Preferences.
September 26, 2004 Detroit's Radical City-Funded "Africa-Town" Business District Stopped MCRI.
September 8, 2004 Some Women's Groups Show Inconsistency on Race/Gender Issue, MCRI.
June 17, 2004 House Appropriations Measure Demonstrates Broad Support for MCRI.
June 15, 2004 Unanimous Court Victory Propels Petition Drive.
June 15, 2004 Petition Drive Will Conclude at end of 2004 to Qualify for 2006 Ballot.

Public speaking on issues and consulting with public speakers on issue management and presentation. Experience with academic and non-academic panels, public debates, forums, and presentations, and related event planning.

Fundraising consulting, primarily in development and preparatory research, and list-contact management. Experience in "development" research dates back to 1992.

Outreach experience. Managing pre-existing contacts and developing new ones through grassroots efforts.

Investigative research, backgrounding, political issue analysis, and policy consulting (internet, technology, public policy, or economic issues). Any investigative work will entail strictly legal methods. Includes document analysis, use of computer databases, use of state law to obtain government records, and use of archives.

Use and practical understanding of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and Open Meetings Act, with experience and four legal victories in the field.

Statistical consulting. Includes analysis of polling data and other uses of statistical techniques in both business and politics. Statistical work in two areas - academic analysis and investigative reporting - has been recognized by national policy "think tanks" and a number of national commentators. Statistics are useless if the wrong questions are asked or answered!

Writing, editing, proposal creation, and document analysis of any kind. HTML authoring, web-content creation, layout, and other internet related services. Complete service available on a dedicated server. Long-time experience with blogs (since 1997) and bulletin board technology.

Graphic design, artwork, and similar services.

Photography. Digital and traditional. Building, landscape, and human subjects. In digital and print formats. Clients have included real-estate agents and work used in various artistic graphic design projects, including print advertisements. Skilled in use of Photoshop (TM) and other layout tools.

Any other service reasonably related to my expertise and that we agree upon.

Contact me for a quote on specific projects. Initial consultation is free unless it requires travel or special preparations. All projects will be evaluated prior to acceptance for possible conflicts of interest with other loyalties. No project will be accepted if I judge there to be such a conflict, unless I can obtain appropriate waivers for such a conflict.

Examples of recent work. Chetly Zarko's biography and resumé.
Letter of Recommendation of Ward Connerly. 2006.