Success Stories

Rose Law Group Borton, Local Leader in Land Use Solutions

When the partners of Phoenix, AZ law firm Rose Law decided to launch a Boise, Idaho branch, they called upon the media expertise of Gallatin Public Affairs to help generate headlines.

Winning the Boeing 7E7

When Gov. Gary Locke signed the agreement to assemble the Boeing 7E7 in Everett, Boeing vice president Mike Bair confided that when the aerospace giant started the site selection process, Boeing officials didn’t think Washington had a chance.

Solving a Taxing Problem

When the Montana Department of Revenue (MDOR) faced the challenge of replacing its crippled computer system, Fast Enterprises, maker of GenTax, the first off-the-shelf integrated tax processing package, contacted The Gallatin Group.

Siting an Energy Facility

Ida-West Energy, an independent power producer and affiliate of Idaho Power Company, was charged with siting and permitting a 250-megawatt, natural gas turbine energy facility in southwestern Idaho.

Securing Seafood Jobs

In 2001, Pacific Seafood Group faced increasingly strict regulations governing wastewater discharges from its Warrenton, Ore., fish processing plant.

Expanding Northwest Trade and Jobs

The Columbia River Channel Coalition had successfully built public consensus among the political and opinion leaders of the Pacific Northwest for an economically viable and environmentally sound plan to deepen and maintain the Columbia River channel from Portland to Astoria.

Communicating in a Crisis

As the largest hospital in the region, Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., receives constant media attention on a wide variety of issues ranging from capital building projects to labor negotiations to medical crises.

Coalition Brings Sweet Success

The Amalgamated Sugar Company, the largest sugar beet cooperative in Idaho, wanted to extend an Idaho Department of Transportation pilot project that allowed the use of 129,000-pound trucks on specific routes.


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The Day After from Gallatin Public Affairs

November 4, 2008 will be long remembered as a historic day in American politics.

It was a long, grueling, consequential and endlessly fascinating election that “political junkies” will be discussing for months — or years — to come.

We're hoping you might enjoy some of our day-after insights from around the Northwest and from Gallatin's Washington, D.C. outpost. Read on for a state-by-state assessment of some of the big winners and losers.
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