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08
Nov
2009
In life and politics, money finds a path

6 hours ago by Leroy Towns

One of the lessons of efforts to eliminate private money in political campaigns is the fact money always finds a way into the system. The usual illustration is that money in politics, as money in the rest of life, is like water headed downhill: place a dam here and the water finds another route. Tha ...

Talk Politics - weblogs.jomc.unc.edu/talkpolitics · Rank: 59,584 · 21 references

07
Nov
2009
Campaign Finance Activity – City Council 2009 (Jan 1 to Oct 31)

1 day ago by Robert Winters

Campaign Finance Activity - 2009 City Council (as of Nov 6) Candidate Opening Balance Receipts Expenditures Current Balance Date #1 votes $ per #1 vote Adkins, Lawrence $34.93 $495.00 $83.45 $455.43 10/31/2009 103 $0.81 Cheung, Leland $0.00 $11817.42 $4567.15 $7250.27 10/31/2009 754 $6.06 Davis, Hen ...

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06
Nov
2009
Rybak flouted campaign rules, but will he pay political price?

1 day ago by Paul Demko

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak (Photo: MnIndy) Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak is running for governor. The development comes as no surprise. Political observers predicted it for months. Rybak hardly hid his interest in seeking the state’s top office. He even garnered a union endorsement for the office t ...

Minnesota Independent: ... - minnesotaindependent.com · Rank: 2,427 · 1239 references

When will national Democratic party fess up to Rothstein money?

2 days ago by Beth Reinhard

Just one day before Fort Lauderdale lawyer and alleged Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein fled for Morocco as the feds were closing in, he was spotted at a Miami Beach fundraiser headlined by President Barack Obama. Tickets to the Oct. 26 event at Fountainebleau Miami Beach hotel benefitting Democrats ru ...

Naked Politics - miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics · Rank: 2,540 · 478 references

Rybak slapped: Campaign-finance board says mayor polled for guv race

2 days ago by admin

Photo: MnIndy Surveying voters outside of the city last May meant Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak should have registered a gubernatorial campaign committee, the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board said in a ruling ( pdf) announced today. The upshot: One R.T. Rybak campaign committee ...

Minnesota Independent: ... - minnesotaindependent.com · Rank: 2,427 · 1239 references

AM.MN: Is Rybak his own best friend or worst enemy (and editor)?

2 days ago by Chris Steller

“ As one of my good friends and supporters, I want you to know that today we filed the paperwork to create the R.T. Rybak for Governor Committee.” And so Minneapolis’ newly re-elected mayor at long last made his intentions clear — though murky syntax made it sound like he is one of his own good frie ...

Minnesota Independent: ... - minnesotaindependent.com · Rank: 2,427 · 1239 references

05
Nov
2009
Diocese of Portland Closes Churches for Lack of $50K, Spends $554K to Outlaw ...

3 days ago by Camvent Mirth

Item: Citing a Biddeford Parish deficit of $48,000, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland announced in August 2009 that it would be closing down three churches there. Item: As of October 20, 2009 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland had spent $553,608.27 on its campaign to outlaw same-sex marriag ...

New England Confidential - newenglandconfidential.com · 1 reference

So what counts as a Rothstein contribution?

3 days ago by Gary Fineout

It didn't take long for both parties and politicians of all stripes to start returning money that they had collected from Broward County attorney Scott Rothstein, who stands accused of defrauding investors. But a key question remains: How much money should be returned? Gov. Charlie Crist, who attend ...

The Fine Print - findout.typepad.com/the_fine_print · Rank: 183,366 · 18 references

91% of Stand for Marriage Maine’s October Cash Came from 3 Religious Groups

3 days ago by Jim

A recently-released campaign finance report reveals that between October 1 and October 20, the anti-gay group “Stand for Marriage Maine” raised $1,410,689.80 in cash contributions. $1.4 million is a lot of money, especially for small-state Maine politics. 91% of that money came from just three sourc ...

Irregular Times: News ... - irregulartimes.com · Rank: 2,182 · 351 references

Jon Corzine Fails to Buy New Jersey Election

3 days ago by Jonathan McLeod

Alright, it’s just about time to permanently retire the trope that lots of campaign spending buys elections, and, thus, scrap all ill-conceived and undemocratic campaign finance laws. In politics, money isn’t everything; just ask soon to be former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine: Corzine, a former W ...

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