Comments on: Work related info-bleg

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:32:00 +0000

Maria, there are a series of books called the “yellow books”—News Media Yellow Book, Federal Yellow Book, Congressional Yellow Book, etc. I think they put out separate directories on NGOs, Associations, Law firms, etc. I think they’re the best by far, but they are expensive. The upside, however, is that you get a new book every quarter with a yearly subscription, meaning that they keep pretty up-to-date.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:13:50 +0000

No problem, cpa reader. I’ll delete from this thread if you re-post it on the other.

By: cpareader

cpareader — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:12:35 +0000

Sorry for the misplaced comment.

By: cpareader

cpareader — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:11:36 +0000

The best thing about LA is that it’s between Venice and Pasadena; the worst that it’s between Orange County and Malibu.

Plenty of nature in Griffith Park. ditto the San Gabriels. Burbank Airport is small enough to be fun to travel to and from. Many farmers’ markets with delicious produce all year round. Also excellent large ethnic grocery stores, Korean, Mexican, Armenian.

The great drawback is transportation. “I gotta get off of those LA freeways without gettin’ killed or caught.” When I worked in Glendale I eschewed living in a really pretty area in favor of being able to walk to my office.

Another plus, perhaps is that apparently no one is old. In the 16-story building where I worked, there were only two women with gray hair, one of whom was me.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:40:13 +0000

Thanks, Jim.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:35:39 +0000

Thank you very much for the info, Steve and Mary.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:34:56 +0000

Too right. Down with haters. Life’s too short.

I was thinking this morning of a post of things I like about L.A. Maybe I’ll give that a lash now.

By: Delicious Pundit

Delicious Pundit — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:55:17 +0000

I’m with Geo. Don’t be a hater. Come to the Sunday Farmers’ Market in Hollywood and get some avocados and strawberries (Gaviotas, the kind that don’t ship), some tamales, and maybe some watermelon lemonade from the nice people who come down from Solvang.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:48:59 +0000

The Leadership Directories

By: geo

geo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:47:14 +0000

I’m still based in L.A., mope, boo, hiss

Don’t the palm trees make you happy?

By: Mary Kay

Mary Kay — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:18:58 +0000

The Gale Company produces a range of publications in it’s Encyclopedia of Associations series which would probably give you what you need. They seem to be available both in hard copy and online, and some in cd-rom. Of course, none of them are cheap, but back in the days when I was a librarian, they were our go to source for this sort of info.

MKK

By: Steve Laniel

Steve Laniel — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:03:33 +0000

How about the Lobbying Disclosure Act Database?

Hat tip to my friend Andrew, to whom I passed this question. He writes, “As for the rest of it, I’m pretty sure there are public relations firms that collect all that in one place, but they do it for $$$.”