Hollywood Hires Lobbyist As reported by the Florida Sun-Sentinel: "When state lawmakers meet next week to hammer out new slot machine regulations, Hollywood will have a heavy hitter fighting to get the city in on the action. "Roger Desjarlais, the former Broward County administrator, will be in Tallahassee Monday morning as a member of Hollywood's team. He began work in October as chief operations officer at the firm of lawyer/lobbyist Bill Scherer. Hollywood hired his company, Conrad & Scherer, in February to lobby state legislators on the slots issue. "Hollywood officials feel the pari-mutuels should share some of their profits with the city even though none of the four sites where voters approved slot machines in March are actually in Hollywood. Three are in neighboring cities, and Hollywood officials say there will be an increase in traffic and police and fire-rescue calls in their city once the slots arrive…" | 
