Bruce Bereano: The lobbyist in winter - CapitalGazette.com

It’s 5 a.m. and lobbyist Bruce Bereano sits at the kitchen counter of his St. Margarets home. Nestled amid reminders taped on cabinets, a sign reads:

”Don’t tell my mother I’m a lobbyist. She thinks I’m a piano player in a whorehouse.”

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