Best of 2003: Best Local Lobbyist

Matthew Peterson
530 B Street, Suite 1700, Downtown
619-234-0361

Say you need politicians to create legislation so your hovercraft taxi can get licensed. Or you're pulling your pro tiddlywinks team out of San Diego because the city won't provide free tables. Or everyone hates you. Who ya gonna call? The man with the longest list of clients in need of an up-close persuader with good contacts in the local halls of power, that's who. Peterson is an attorney who has his own seat in council chambers, he's there so much. His persuasive powers have thrown him in the middle of some of the town's most- and least-known battles. He doesn't ask to be liked, just listened to.