7:53 pm: Erin asks DioGuardi
a question about campaign finance reform... unfortunately, I had a wireless meltdown so I had to stop blogging temporarily.
The candidates made their cases for their leadership prowess, and discussed extending term limits for Council members, greater transparency around lobbying, key
questions about campaign finance reform in the city, and
Not exact matches
The matter of prioritization for the bill - signing also underscores
questions about the bill being necessary in the first place, but also issue that many took with Cuomo's abandonment of other, more pressing government ethics and
campaign finance reform proposals, many of which he had previously claimed to champion.
Question topics included whether there are similarities between past defenses of states banning interracial marriage and current defenses of states banning same - sex marriages, his reaction to NYPD Chief of Department Philip Banks's resignation, whether
campaign contribution limits are too high and what Cuomo intends to seek as
campaign finance reforms if reelected, whether he's going to the Somo el Futuro conference in Puerto Rico next week, whether he's worried that «minorities» will not turn out on election day and how his recent references to recent New York Republicans as being «moderates» reconciles with his past statements
about «ultraconservatives» in the state senate.
Although it's not clear whether he broke the law, the investigation raises important
questions about our weak
campaign finance laws, and reveals a widespread practice that requires systematic
reform.