When under scrutiny in Washington, many trade groups hire outside lobbyists and increase advocacy spending. Not many trade groups hire an existing outside lobbyist to run the organization, then actually move into his office, but that is what the Financial Service Centers of America, a trade association for payday lenders, did early this year. Hired gun to corner office The $3 million-revenue FiSCA named its longtime lobbyist, Bill Sellery, the founder and president of Sellery Associates, executive director in January and also moved the group’s headquarters from Hackensack, N.J., to Sellery’s Washington, D.C., offices at 1730 M St. NW. Sellery said the move was in response… Read More