Case Study: Fairfax County Meals Tax Defeated
Weber Merritt launched an educational campaign in Fairfax County to inform voters of the referendum question and what it would truly mean for their hard-earned money
With a career spanning both houses of Congress, a presidential campaign, and managing political races around the country, Minnesota native Jim Weber brought a wealth of experience when he and Bernie Merritt decided to start a business together in 1994. The two started one of the first grassroots consultancies in Washington, D.C., and over the years have added other practice areas to make it a full-service public affairs firm. Today, Jim still gets excited to help navigate a client through the ever-mucky waters of finely tuning a message that will resonate with policy makers.
As Northeast Political Director for Jack Kemp’s 1988 Presidential campaign, Bernie Merritt worked a tough campaign trail and witnessed first-hand that “all politics are local.” Following a stint in the Office of the Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, he leaned on his entrepreneurial spirit to team up with Jim Weber and turned his network of campaign operatives into a grassroots consultancy business that today is still one of the most prolific and effective political operative networks in the country.
Weber Merritt launched an educational campaign in Fairfax County to inform voters of the referendum question and what it would truly mean for their hard-earned money