Bonner & Associates is a public relations

Public relations

Public relations is the actions of a corporation, store, government, individual, etc., in promoting goodwill between itself and the public, the community, employees, customers, etc....

 firm formed in 1984.

History

Bonner & Associates is a public affairs firm with 27 years experience in grassrots advocacy. They have worked with corporations, associations and non-profits to educate and mobilize constituent advocates to help their clients win legislative/regulatory fights and promote public education programs.

The firm was founded in 1984 by Jack Bonner.

Criticism

• On December 18, 1986, The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
  
  reported allegations that Bonner & Associates was being accused of defrauding the federal government.
• On December 3, 1994, National Journal
  National Journal
  National Journal is a nonpartisan American weekly magazine that reports on the current political environment and emerging political and policy trends. National Journal was first published in 1969. Times Mirror owned the magazine from 1986 to 1997, when it was purchased by David G. Bradley...
  
  reported that Bonner & Associates was hired by Philip Morris to oppose nonsmoking laws in several states.
• On March 9, 2002, the Baltimore Sun reported that Bonner & Associates was hired by PhRMA to oppose subsidized prescription drug programs for seniors.
• In 2009, the Washington lobbying firm acknowledged forging anti-climate bill letters to Rep. Tom Perriello
  Tom Perriello
  Thomas Stuart Price "Tom" Perriello is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes much of Southside Virginia and stretches north to Charlottesville....
  
   (Dem-VA). The letters were supposedly from local minority groups, like the Charlottesville NAACP or Creciendo Juntos—complete with their stationery—and urged him to oppose the ACES climate change bill
  American Clean Energy and Security Act
  The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 was an energy bill in the 111th United States Congress that would have established a variant of an emissions trading plan similar to the European Union Emission Trading Scheme...
  
  . Bonner & Associates apologized, saying the letters were sent by "mistake", and fired an employee they said was responsible.