As today's Siena poll showed, nearly 2/3 of New Yorkers in every part of the state support real reforms that limit the size of fat - cat contributions and replacing them with small donations that are
matched by public money.
Not exact matches
By examining
public betting trends, sharp
money indicators and betting system
matches, I have been able to identify which sides and totals offered value to bettors.
He kicked off his mayoral bid
by loaning his campaign $ 100,000 of his own dough, intending to pay the
money back once he qualified for
public matching funds.
A bill
by Councilman Ben Kallos (D - Manhattan), discussed at a hearing Monday, would prohibit campaigns from accepting
public matching funds off
money raised
by lobbyists who bundle unlimited contributions from other donors.
That's when donations are
matched by public funds in order to level the playing field for candidates who may not have as much
money as their opponents.
The path to election reform is somewhat muddled; most rules governing contribution limits and the
matching funds program that provides
public money to candidates are derived from legislation passed
by the City Council.
The duplicity and hypocrisy of environmental pressure groups seem to be
matched only
by their consummate skill at manipulating
public opinion, amassing political power, securing taxpayer - funded government grants, and persuading people to send them
money and invest in «ethical» stock funds.
We can not hope to see the growing scale and complexity of our laws
matched by money drawn out of the
public purse.